Miami Film Festival
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Over 80% of the actors at the casting for Jayro Bustamante’s film refused to play ‘gay’
When Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante‘s went to cast his sophomore film a drama about a married man who comes out as gay he was shocked to discover that over 80% of the actors at the casting would not play ‘gay’ . He needn’t have worried though as he chose the extremely talented actor JUAN PABLO…
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This Changes Everything
We guess for Hollywood insiders Tom Donahue incisive documentary on gender inequality in the movie business is hardly big news, but for those of us outside of the circle his ‘investigation’ highlights issues that we rarely think about. Interestingly enough Donahue started the project before the formation of the whole #MeToo movement which is…
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The Best Queer Films at Miami Film Festival
As Jaie Laplante the Festival’s Executive Director cut his teeth helming the city’s LGBT Film Festival several years,he has always insured that the Miami Film Festival incorporates a very healthy selection of LGBTQ movies in their programming. Not only that, but the eclectic mix they pick is adventurous, provocative, mesmerising and thoroughly entertaining. By…
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Omilani Alarcón talks about Latinegras : the latina & negra culture
Omilani Alarcón the director of Latinegras talked to us about her Latina + Negra culture and how this documentary, being screened at Miami Film Festival throws a light on a community that most of us know so little about. The interview with Roger Walker-Dack for www,queergurutv.com was filmed by Hussein Wentz at The Standard, Miami Beach
