Rebecca Hall
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The great queer photographer PETER HUJAR is celebrated in an exhibit and a film in 2025, 38 years after his death
Peter Hujar was an American photographer best known for his black-and-white portraits which reflected his homosexual milieu. He was an influential artist-activist of the gay liberation movement; in 1969, with his lover, the political activist Jim Fouratt, he witnessed the Stonewall riots in the West Village. In early 1981, Hujar met the young artist David Wojnarowicz, and after a brief period…
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Longing Gazes : Queerguru’s Janet Prolman reviews Rebecca Hall’s brilliant directorial debut film PASSING
Rebecca Hall’s brilliant directorial debut “Passing” is the first film adapted from Nella Larsen’s groundbreaking novel of 1929 and is currently available on Netflix. Ostensibly about passing for “white” racially, both novel and film delve into issues of identity, sexuality, and repression: passing to accommodate societal norms and expectations. Irene Redfield’s (Tessa Thompson) carefully…
