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  • Queerguru reviews HOLDING MOSES  the profoundly moving of a queer single mother bonding with her severely disabled son

    Queerguru reviews HOLDING MOSES the profoundly moving of a queer single mother bonding with her severely disabled son

      Together queer filmmakers Jen Ranin and Rivkah Beth Medow founded Frankly Speaking Films in 2020 to produce media that centers strong LGBTQ+ women and non-binary people to increase visibility and spark change.  The first documentary that they co-directed was the award-winning Ahead of The Curve on Ranin’s wife Frances Steven who founded Curve Magazine, the…

  • Madame : a charming tale of love and acceptance between two generations

    Madame : a charming tale of love and acceptance between two generations

      Madame is one of those intimate autobiographical movies that draws you in at the very first scene.  In this case because we see the elegant elderly Caroline Della Beffa who is the grandmother of the filmmaker and the story of their relationship is the main crux of this delightful and enchanting documentary. Stephane Riethauser …

  • HOLD ON : a stark choice between Faith and Sexuality

    HOLD ON : a stark choice between Faith and Sexuality

      Queerguru talks with young American/Chinese queer filmmaker Haiyang Yu about his new short film HOLD ON which had us in tears. It is the story of a devout Catholic mother who is the caregiver for her disabled gay son and has to choose between her faith and her son’s happiness To find out where the film is screening…

  • Seahorse : The Dad Who Gave Birth

    Seahorse : The Dad Who Gave Birth

      Jeanie Finlay’s simpatico documentary about Freddy McConnell a determined Brit trans man who wants  to give birth is a remarkable testament of faith by McConnell in allowing the cameras to film every part of his extraordinary journey. To avoid the story becoming the slightest bit sensationalized McConnell had assembled his own crew to be…