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Queerguru’s Jose Mayogas reviews Dano García’s ‘MICKEY’ on the eve of its World Premiere at SXSW
“Love is… actions!”. This documentary is based on Mi$$ Mikey diaries. It’s an experimental visual project by writer-director Dano García, co-written by Tonatiuh Israel, photographed by Diego Tenorio, with music by Pablo Horn, and starring Mickey Cundapi Bustamante, a trans multidisciplinary artist who, alongside García, uses play and performance to res-signify the past and inhabit…
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Queerguru’s (newest) Contributing Editor DAVID ALLEN rallies to the message of hope in ‘ADAM’S APPLE’
In a time where the loudest voices offering up their opinions and making decisions about trans people aren’t trans themselves, Adam Sieswerda, with his mother Amy Jenkins, provides a voice we need to be listening to in the documentary ADAM’S APPLE. Amy is an accomplished artist who has been visually documenting her life since her…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ’10s ACROSS THE BORDERS’ documentary about the ballroom scenes in The Phillipines & Thailand
New York’s legendary ballroom scene continues to make an impact around the world. Ball culture was famously immortalised in the 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning, which examined the mid-to-late 80s African-American, LatinX, queer, and trans-led scene, which was founded by Crystal LaBeija in 1968. Madonna then came calling with Vogue, and more recently, Ryan Murphy’s 2018 drama…
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Queerguru’s Justin David reviews “LOOKING FOR ME FRIEND” an affectionate tribute to the late great comic genius VICTORIA WOOD
Full disclosure: Looking for Me Friend, written and performed by Paulus the Cabaret Geek, was an easy win for me. I am a lifelong fan of Victoria Wood. I love the work of pianist and music director Michael Roulston. And moreover, I’m already an unabashed fan of Sarah-Louise Young, who directed this wonderful…
