documentary
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘Dreaming of You: The making of The Coral’, a nostalgic step back in time to the early 2000’s in North West England, highlighting the importance of male friendship.
How many close friends of the same sex do you have? For men this can be a real issue. Recent research shows that one in five men in the US and one in three men in the UK have no close friends, male or female. Women fare much better – the sisterhood is alive and…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews SOUL OF THE DESERT / Alma del desierto : the struggle for recognition within an indigenous community
Set in Uribia, the indigenous capital of Colombia, and filmed on location at La Guajira, Northern región of the country, the film introduces us to the Wayúu community with its own wayuunaiki language, and to a minimalistic landscape where the colors of sand and flames mix with the pink of flock of flamingos, midgnight blue skies, the sound of…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews ‘I WAS BORN THIS WAY’ on the life and legacy of Carl Bean
‘ Loving people that are different from us is the only way forward Lady Gaga A documentary by Daniel Jungle and Sam Pollard on the life and legacy of Carl Bean (1944-2021). Through an engaging rotoscope animation, footage, vintage photographs, interviews with music legends such as Lady Gaga, Dionne Warwick, Estelle Brown, Questlove, Iris Gordy…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T-Rex’ a vibrant documentary about the life and work of the gender/sexually fluid glam rock icon
Take a trip back in time to the early 1970s with Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T-Rex, a vibrant documentary about the life of the iconic gender/sexually fluid pop star. Produced by The Who’s manager Bill Curbishley and directed by Ethan Silverman, the film largely comprises fly-on-the-wall footage of various artists in…
