Ris Fatah
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews RILEY a beautiful queer coming-of-age film from Benjamin Howard
Written and directed by Benjamin Howard, Riley is a beautiful coming-of-age tale set in contemporary, suburban Southern California. Life appears good for middle-class high-school football athlete Dakota Riley (Jake Holley). Under the watchful eye of his ambitious, ex-league player, coach/father, Carson (Rib Hillis), he’s successful, has a large group of friends, a close family,…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews THIS IS NOT ME the story of the journey of two Iranian trans people
“I don’t want to be free of you. I want you to be free.” cries Shervin Ramezan’s sympathetic father as the family discusses the possibility of 16-year-old Shervin moving abroad to transition to a man in a more hospitable environment than Iran. Saeed Gholipour’s moving documentary, This Is Not Me, follows Shervin and fellow…
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REBEL : 30 Years of London Fashion ………….. The Design Museum, London reviewed by Ris Fatah
Londoners have always cared about how they look. Throughout history, each generation has created its own looks, with inspiration drawn from a wide variety of sources. Rebel is a new exhibition at London’s Design Museum. It focuses on the early work of a group of about 300 fashion designers from the past…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘ELDORADO Everything the Nazis hate’ on Netflix
Berlin has long been a queer mecca. As far back as the 1920’s Berlin had about 80 queer nightlife venues, including the glittering belle of the ball – the fabulous cabaret club, Eldorado. The club was awash with lust, sequins, cocktails, drag queens, and regular performers such as Marlene Dietrich and Josephine Baker.…