interview
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Filmmaker Amy Jenkins talks about ADAM’S APPLE an affectionate portrait of her trans son Adam
So many of us in the LGBTQ+ community have faced such disapproval and abandonment from our blood family when we ‘came out’ that we end up forming our own ‘chosen family.‘ It is therefore so very refreshing to learn about the families that support and embrace their queer children. Amy Jenkins is one such parent…
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Filmmaker Matthew Puccini talks with QUEERGURU about his new award-winning film CALLBACK
We first met filmmaker Matthew Puccini back in 2019, just after his third short film, Lavender, had premiered at Sundance and had won the Vimeo Award for Best US Short Fiction. Now he was back at Provincetown International Film Festival with his latest movie, CALLBACK, the compelling tale of a couple of gay actors dealing…
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Marco Calvani (sans Colman Domingo!) talks about starring in Netflix’s FOUR SEASONS
Queerguru first met Italian filmmaker/actor (and total charmer!) MARCO CALVANI in 2024 when he was at the Provincetown Film Festival, to screen his debut film HIGH TIDE. He had actually filmed it the previous summer in Provincetown, starring the remarkably talented Marco Pigossi (who also happened to be Calvani’s real-life boyfriend ) Now he was…
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Filmmaker Keri Pickett talks about her affectionate tribute to her UNCLE ROY : Ice dance skater + Godfather of Gay Photography
One of the important roles of Queer Cinema is to share our gay history, as so much of it is unknown to most of us. A prime example is an outstanding new documentary, UNCLE ROY, who in the 1960s was a star skater in all the Holiday on Ice Spectators, and was also a brilliant…
