documentary
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Queerguru’s. Jose Mayorgas reviews “CUT TO DAVID ” a Chinese-American transgender teen raised in a Jewish household in Boston
An invitation into the routine of an American family of three where respect prevails, and the youngest member is smoothly transitioning from female to male. This smart, sensitive documentary, written, produced, and directed by Sandy Jaffe, tells the story of her transgender son. Through video footage filmed since the child was a baby, viewers get…
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Queerguru reviews Rachel Mason’s MY BROTHERS KILLER : that will have you spellbound to the end credits
One of Queerguru’s favorite genres of queer cinema is documentary filmmaking that looks back on gay history. Not just as an excuse to reminisce (if we are of a certain age), but as an opportunity to appreciate what our community went through and how it has shaped us now. My Brother’s Killer is the third,…
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BROKEN ENGLISH ; a very loving tribute to the exceptionally talented MARRIANE FAITHFULL
One annoying aspect of arguing is the constant boast that things were better ‘way back when’. In most cases, that simply isn’t true, and our fading memories are too often misleading, bathed in technicolor. However, in this one case, we can categorically say the ‘original’ was the very best. We are talking about Marianne Faithfull,…
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Sean Ono Lennon’s debut documentary on a fashion partnership ‘threeASFOUR: Full Circle’
As some of Queerguru’s roots were once in the ‘London fashion scene’, we are used to writing/reading about the wealth of new, highly innovative, and creative designers who made the city the ‘young’ fashion capital of the world. In the exciting 1980s, the Brits, individually and collectively, were the ‘new romantics’ and purveyors of punk;…
