There have been several documentaries on the transgender community over recent years but none have strived to explain the whole gender spectrum as well as George Zuber‘s Just Gender. He sat down with queerguru to talk about why he wanted to make this important film.
The French filmmaker Sébastien Lifshitz has had a lifetime fascination with men and women who refuse to conform to the strictures of gender roles. In fact, his Teddy Award-winning Documentary Film in 2013 Bambi, a profile of French entertainer Marie-Pierre Pruvot is one of the best transgender films ever made. Lifshitz also made a film and a book called Les … Continue reading
The critically acclaimed web series BROTHERS which is a narrative short-form digital series that follows a group of transgender male friends, exploring what it means to go up against traditional societal gender roles has just announced that Season 2 will shortly be available on streaming platforms. Created by Emmett Lundberg and Sheyam Ghieth the first series … Continue reading
Sebastián Lelio’s extraordinary wonderful new movie gets to the very core of Chilean society’s inbred homophobia and transphobia that threatens the very existence of Marina (Daniela Vega) the protagonist simply because they resent the very fact that she had been the light of her dead lover’s life. The movie opens with 57-year-old Orlando (Francisco Reyes) getting ready … Continue reading
The fact that there were so many films last year with transgender subject matters that we could pick out TOP 10TRANSGENDER FILMS OF 2017in itself is quite extraordinary. Each movie made a valuable contribution to the continuing dialogue about the community, and nearly all of them are now available to view on global screening platforms.
Full reviews of each of the movies can also be found on www.queerguru.com