documentary
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews “How To LIve ” a thought-provoking new documentary on Nairobi’s vibrant ballroom, drag and queer cabaret scene.
Queer life in Kenya doesn’t get much attention, but How to Live, film-maker Njoroge Muthoni’s thought-provoking new documentary on Nairobi’s vibrant ballroom, drag and queer cabaret scene, may change that. The film’s world premiere is at this month’s BFI Flare Film Festival in London. Muthoni follows a large group of Nairobi’s queer performers, entertainers…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews THE BIG JOHNSON a charismatic queer/drag music icon like we’ve never seen before (or will again)
Dean Johnson was a charismatic celebrity and gay activist in the New York club scene of the eighties and nineties. Six foot six tall and with a shaved head, Dean appeared in drag as front man with two queer rock bands, The Weenies and The Velvet Mafia. His drag was unconventional. With his little black…
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THE BIG JOHNSON :the wild life and bizarre death of LGBTQ Drag legend DEAN JOHNSON premieres at Slamdance
It may come as a shock to those who knew (and loved) the larger-than-life cross-dressing musician and NY nightlife star for the best part of three decades, DEAN JOHNSON was actually the son of a preacher man. Now, THE BIG JOHNSON tells the incredible story of this underground rock star and sex worker, AND…
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Queerguru reviews ENIGMA : the very different stories of trans pioneers APRIL ASHLEY + AMANDA LEAR
In 2012, a year after her death at the age of 86, Channel 4 (in the UK) screened a near-perfect documentary, The Extraordinary Live of April Ashley. Ms. Ashley was a charismatic trans pioneer who transformed herself from a working-class seaman to a glamorous model/society lady who tout London (especially the gay community)…
