Ris Fatah
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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…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘MANOK’ : how a Korean lesbian had to re-invent herself when she reached middle-age
Manok (Yang Mal-bok) is a lesbian bar owner and has run the lively, colorful Lainbow Bar in Seoul, South Korea for twenty years. She’s strong, feisty, and not afraid to voice her opinions, which leads the middle-aged Manok to clash with some of her younger customers, who don’t spend as much money as she’d like,…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews “Some Nights I Feel Like Walking” , a queer indie road movie by Filipino director Petersen Vargas
The Philippines are in the news at the moment with the arrest by the International Criminal Court of former leader Rodrigo Duterte, for alleged ‘crimes against humanity’ committed during his leadership from 2016 – 2022. During this time, at least 6,000 (up to 30,000 by some estimates) people considered to be drug dealers and other…
