documentary
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews STUDIO ONE FOREVER the story of the infamous LA gay club with a racist/sexist door policy
Studio One Forever is a documentary about the infamous Studio One nightclub in West Hollywood, known for its racist and sexist door policies as much as anything else. Launched in 1974, the club ran for 19 years until 1993. Why Studio One decided to have racist and sexist door policies is not made…
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews LOVE JAMIE profiling the life and work of incarcerated 64-year-old Mexican-American trans-woman artist Jamie Diaz,
Love Jamie is a heartfelt documentary short, profiling the life and work of incarcerated 64-year-old Mexican-American trans-woman artist Jamie Diaz, and her close relationship with pen-pal Gabriel Joffe. We follow the pair as they prepare for Diaz’s first solo art exhibition, ‘Even Flowers Bleed’ shown at Daniel Cooney Fine Art in New York.…
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews WHAM! an affectionate profile of one of the most successful pop acts of the 1980s.
The UK at the beginning of the 1980s was a highly-charged environment. Thatcher’s brutal economic policies, high youth unemployment, the urban riots of the summer of 1981, and very politicized new wave and Two-Tone music scenes fuelled a tense atmosphere. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley were best friends, having met at school in 1975…
Golden Gate Girls (10th Anniversary ) the story of pioneering queer American-Chinese filmmaker ESTHER ENG
Queer East is a London-based cross-disciplinary festival that showcases boundary-pushing LGBTQ+ cinema, live arts, and moving image work from East and Southeast Asia and its diaspora communities. Their next event is a must-see for all avid fans of women film directors as this openly lesbian Chinese-American was really making waves in the 30s and 40s. Esther…
