Tag: trans
Queerguru reviews DEATH AND BOWLING : with a trans cast and a trans sensibility
Trans filmmaker Lyel Kash’s directorial/writing debut Death and Bowling that is having its world premiere at OUTFEST Film Fest in LA is an extraordinary achievement. Not just because in a groundbreaking move Kash cast all the roles in the movie with transgender actors, but his spiritual drama gives a very personal insight which we…
Lucia Lucas talks about The Sound of Identity that profiles her stunning US debut as Don Giovanni
What strikes one most about LUCIA LUCAS, the American opera singer now based in Germany who is the subject of a new documentary is her sheer passion for both life and opera. In the film director James Kicklighter captures that so succinctly as he profiles Lucas as she is about to make her…
Changing The Game: the trials and triumphs of three trans teen athletes
Michael Barnett’s thought-provoking documentary about the trials and triumphs of trans teenager athletes was made in the Trump era where society was encouraged to express rampant transphobia. In fact, violently oppose everything that was not about white cis-gendered men. Whilst the topic of trans sportsmen and women may surface in the media quite often, it…
Lupe : a heart-touching journey of discovery
Lupe, the debut feature from filmmakers André Phillips & Charles Vuolo is a beautifully nuanced tale of self-discovery. It’s the story of Rafael (non-binary actor Rafael Albarran) a young man who had left his native Cuba to come to NY to look for his sister who had suddenly disappeared when he was still a kid. …
Heads up to Pantene for this heart-touching advert with trans girl + her family
Many corporations are now moving forward featuring members of the LGBTQ community when they make advertisements for their products. The haircare brand Pantene went one step further and made a whole TV commercial that tells the true story of a trans girl and her family Sawyer is the daughter of lesbian couple Ashley and…
