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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews THE BUS DRIVER a short trans film from Mynamar screening at NY’s. PRIDEFULL Fest
The Bus Driver is short documentary film produced by The Scottish Documentary Institute and directed by Ku Ki. Released in May 2024, it follows a day in the life of a trans bus driver and his wife as they try to make a living in a country beset by curfews and power cuts. …
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews ACSEXABILITY an unmissable very personal story from Brazilian filmmaker Daniel Gonçalves
DESIRE IS A HUMAN RIGHT, FOR EVERYONE. Joao Paulo Lima The first sequence of this Brazilian documentary is a long descriptive one, orally rich and visually intriguing with silhouettes that fade out to allow what follows, a profoundly human narrative right up to the end. The film is a salutation to the ancestors whose…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews ‘the formidable’ GINGER JOHNSON BLOWS OFF at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Ginger Johnson Blows Off https://www.pleasance.co.uk/ What do you do after realising all your dreams by winning Ru-Paul’s Drag Race UK in 2023? This is the question asked by the formidable Ginger Johnson (aka Donald Marshall) in Ginger Johnson Blows Off. Well, first of all you plan a show for Soho Theatre at the Edinburgh…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews FRANKIE GOES TO BOLLYWOOD a magical musical at London’s Southbank Centre
Frankie Goes to Bollywood Southbank Centre, London Fascist anti-immigrant riots are breaking out across the UK. Now is the time for Queerguru to be out celebrating the glorious, rich and beautiful culture that migration has given these islands. Starting with this sensually overloading, vibrant and slightly meta musical fairytale Frankie Goes to…
