documentary
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews THE SESSION MAN , a brilliant documentary about one of rock’s great unsung heros.
What do Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones, The First Cut is the Deepest by P P Arnold and Jealous Guy by John Lennon have in common? The answer is that they all contain iconic piano riffs by one of the most gifted pianists ever, Nicky Hopkins. You might not have heard of…
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Queerguru reviews MAJOR! the story of iconic transgender legend Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
Annalise Ophelian’s documentary MAJOR! is an affectionate profile of one of the greatest leaders of the transgender community Major Griffin-Gracy who has just died aged 78. Known to most people simply as Miss Major or Major she is a larger-than-life old school activist who leads by example helping literally hundreds of trans-women of color,…
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Matt Nadel talks about CASHING OUT and how the practice changed the landscape for AIDS patients in the Pandemic
At the height of the AIDS crisis in the US, thousands of people were dying from the ravages of the disease, and also in sheer poverty … (AZT was the most expensive drug in the world!). Little could have been done to stop their terminal diagnoses, but there was a way to alleviate their financial…
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Stunning documentary ‘ASSEMBLY’ A genre-bending journey into Black and queer futures that refuses to be boxed in, opens in NY
Part documentary, part multi-sensory performance, ASSEMBLY the film takes audiences behind the scenes of Rashaad Newsome’s groundbreaking installation at New York’s Park Avenue Armory, transforming a bastion of white military power into a vibrant celebration of queer joy, resistance, and possibility. Blending music, dance, projections, sculpture, holograms, and African fractal patterns, Assembly channels the energy…
