Ris Fatah
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews CASA SUSANNA a compelling documentary about a secret haven for trans men & women in the 1960s
Casa Susanna is a compelling documentary about a group of cross-dressing men/trans women in early 1960s America. Acclaimed French screenwriter/director Sebastien Lifshitz opens up a world few of us would know about had it not been for a set of photographs found at a New York flea market in 2004. The early 1960s…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews A SHINING INTIMACY a show about theatre, queer friendships, and grief,
A Shining Intimacy ★★★★ Camden Peoples Theatre : London A Shining Intimacy is an innovative new show by performer Tom Marshman. Marshman is a storyteller and for this show, he explores queer friendships and grief, as well as the world of theatre. He highlights the special relationship between the actors, the late Kenneth…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews renowned filmmaker ISAAC JULIEN’S major retrospective WHAT FREEDOM MEANS TO ME @ London’s Tate Gallery
Renowned filmmaker Isaac Julien’s biggest show to date, What Freedom Means To Me, is currently on at London’s Tate Britain. Julien’s films tell important stories – queer stories, black stories, and social justice stories. Julien, himself a gay black man, has a 40-year story-telling history, including Derek, his 2008 film narrated by Tilda Swinton, about…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews David Pevsner’s ‘very steamy’ ‘DAMN SHAME – A Memoir of Desire, Defiance and Show Tunes’
David Pevsner’s book Damn Shame – A Memoir of Desire, Defiance and Show Tunes is exactly that. We join him on a conversational romp through New York and LA’s theatrical, gay sex and activism worlds from the 1980s to the present day. Born in 1958 into a middle-class Jewish family in suburban Chicago, Pevsner grew…
