documentary
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews THIS IS NOT ME the story of the journey of two Iranian trans people
“I don’t want to be free of you. I want you to be free.” cries Shervin Ramezan’s sympathetic father as the family discusses the possibility of 16-year-old Shervin moving abroad to transition to a man in a more hospitable environment than Iran. Saeed Gholipour’s moving documentary, This Is Not Me, follows Shervin and fellow…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘ELDORADO Everything the Nazis hate’ on Netflix
Berlin has long been a queer mecca. As far back as the 1920’s Berlin had about 80 queer nightlife venues, including the glittering belle of the ball – the fabulous cabaret club, Eldorado. The club was awash with lust, sequins, cocktails, drag queens, and regular performers such as Marlene Dietrich and Josephine Baker.…
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Queerguru;s Ris Fatah reviews Paul and Trisha – The Art of Fluidity two British artists who share the same non-binary, gender-fluid body.
Paul and Trisha – The Art of Fluidity is an intimate portrait of two British artists, Paul Whitehead and Trisha Van Cleef, both of whom share the same non-binary, gender-fluid body. The youthful seventy-seven-year-old Whitehead has had a successful and varied career as an artist, graphic designer, writer and musician. They have worked as…
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Queerguru reviews Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America : an horrific and sadly true tale
Within the first 4 minutes of this film, we are hit hard with the unshakeable reality of this story. : This is history’s largest case of sexual abuse connected to one organization, larger than any other youth-serving organization, larger than the Catholic Church, larger than the Southern Baptist Church. It’s a grossly disturbing story…
