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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Bo McGuire’s debut feature documentary SOCKS ON FIRE
Socks on Fire is poet Bo McGuire’s debut feature documentary about his family in rural Hokes Bluff, Alabama. The film won Best Documentary Feature at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival. The main storyline is the feud between one of his aunts, the homophobic Sharon, and his Uncle John, a flamboyant drag queen, over the…
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A Royal Secret : the real-life story of when the King of Sweden fell in love with a man
You may have to keep pinching yourself that this very intriguing TV mini-series is based on a true story as there are times when it simply belies belief. It’s the stuff of fairy tales when a King falls in love with a commoner although it’s usually with a member of the opposite sex, unlike…
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Queerguru’s David Lagachu reviews The Male Gaze: Celluloid Dreams a collection of seven short queer films
The Male Gaze: Celluloid Dreams showcases a collection of seven short films from both the 20th and 21st centuries. The first film Just Out of Reach (Dir. Jonathan Wald) runs for a blink-and-a-miss four minutes but manages to convey more than the combination of lines uttered by the two actors in it. The story…
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Little Girl : a 7 year old trans girl living her truth : reviewed by Queerguru’s Ris Fatah
Little Girl is the touching French documentary portrait of seven-year-old Sasha, who questions her gender, and in doing so, evokes the sometimes disturbing reactions of a society that is still largely invested in a traditional boy-girl way of thinking. Acclaimed documentary maker Sebastian Lifshitz was motivated to create this sympathetic, intimate documentary whilst making…
