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The Way Out Film Fest in Albuquerque is screening ‘THE WHISTLE’ a wee gem about some 70’s local queer history
This weekend The Way Out West Film Festival in Albuquerque, New Mexico is screening a wee gem about some fascinating local queer history that we think will make for compulsory viewing…. especially for gay women. In the 1970’s, a group of lesbian youth in Albuquerque had a particular way of finding each other and others…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Bearcave, an intimate queer love story set in the spectacular Greek Balkan mountains.
The beautiful Greek Balkan mountains are the setting for Bearcave’s queer love story, which just screened at London’s BFI Flare Film Festival. Goat farmer Argyro (Hara Kyriazi) lives a gentle, bohemian existence with her cute goats in Tirna, a small mountain village in Central Greece. Life is languid and slow-paced. She’s cool with multiple piercings,…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Barbara Forever, a glorious profile of the ground-breaking lesbian film-maker @ BFI Flare
A beautiful, naked, athletic, fifty-something woman strikes various bodybuilder poses with a cheeky glint in her eyes. Barbara Hammer is in control, and she knows how to get your attention. So begins Barbara Forever, a fascinating, intimate portrayal of the pioneering lesbian film-maker, feminist activist, lover, and artist. With an archived collection of over eighty…
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Queerguru revists OLIVIA a 1951 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry that has been called a “landmark of lesbian representation’
TURN BACK TIME : Queerguru revisits OLIVIA (also known as The Pit of Loneliness) a 1951 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry, and based on the 1950 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Dorothy Bussy. It has been called a “landmark of lesbian representation. Late nineteenth century in a finishing school for young girls near in France, the principal,…
