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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…
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Queerguru’s Janet Prolman reviews “HELEN AND THE BEAR” a true and remarkably uncoventional queer love story
Helen and the Bear is unique among the films I generally review for Queerguru.com. Initially, I was put off watching a woman of my generation (who reads dykier than I do!) married and devoted to a big burly man. However, as the story deepened, so did my respect and feelings for it. Such is art.…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews “How To LIve ” a thought-provoking new documentary on Nairobi’s vibrant ballroom, drag and queer cabaret scene.
Queer life in Kenya doesn’t get much attention, but How to Live, film-maker Njoroge Muthoni’s thought-provoking new documentary on Nairobi’s vibrant ballroom, drag and queer cabaret scene, may change that. The film’s world premiere is at this month’s BFI Flare Film Festival in London. Muthoni follows a large group of Nairobi’s queer performers, entertainers…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur’ @ Wallace Collection, London
In an era of global stress and uncertainty, the role of Britain’s national treasures is more important than ever – their strength, fortitude and long-term outlooks a comfort to the troubled. There’s safety in numbers, so the new collaboration between two of Britain’s great national treasures, artist Grayson Perry and the Wallace Collection museum, is…
