José Mayorgas
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews ‘BECAUSE OF YOU’ an archival doc that traces the history of Kilawin Kolektibo, a pioneering collective of queer Filipnxs
This experimental documentary Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo tells the story of queer Filipinx who, in the 1990s, against a racist, lesbophobic backdrop, came together for the first time in NYC to create a safe and loving community. It has been directed, written, and edited by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie Through…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews UNDERGROUND ORANGE (BAJO NARANJA) a film by Michael Taylor Jackson
A blond blue blue-eyed young man walks by the river with the breathtaking Buenos Aires skyline at dawn, drinking mate. Immediately afterwards, he walks by a cemetery searching for the tomb of Hipolito Bouchard to whom he brings a souvenir from the California Republic… this is the pretext for his visit and a fascinating tale in the South. …
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When he was in Buenos Aires, Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas got to review THESIS ON A DOMESTICATION
I had the opportunity to watch the film on a rainy Friday night last May at MALBA. The season tickets had sold out, and the house was full. By the end of the projection, several bewildered groups from the audience had gathered in the museum´s lobby to discuss what they had just watched, waiting for…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews ASOG : a powerful tale of survival amd overcoming adversity
The opening credits provide a warning, the actors in the film are real people who survived Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded. Also known as super typhoon Yolanda, this force of nature brought devastation, death, and sorrow to Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines in early November 2013. Years later the mourning is…
