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Thursday, June 29, 2017

‘Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall’ seamlessly weaves personal, universal, creative threads into dazzling narrative

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The documentary, directed by Katherine Fairfax Wright, focuses in on the creation of “Straight Outta Oz” and the process of developing it for a summer tour.
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Thursday, June 29, 2017

‘Nadie Nos Mira’ is quiet, tender look into identity, belonging

Sharing immigrant and minority stories is more important than ever in today’s political climate, and “Nadie Nos Mira” offers a tender, slice-of-life perspective on the struggles of loneliness, sexuality and the immigrant experience.
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Thursday, June 29, 2017

‘Freak Show’ tackles cliché with ‘trans-visionary’ grace

The film overthrows the tropes of typical high school films: gym class snafus, cliques of outcasts and athletes and ignorant bullies.
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Thursday, June 29, 2017

Romance is as beautifully volatile as Yorkshire in Francis Lee’s ‘God’s Own Country’

At the premiere of his film for Frameline’s San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival, Francis Lee emphasized that Yorkshire is a place that is dearly personal to him.
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Thursday, June 29, 2017

‘Ri Chang Dui Hua’ provides crucial dialogue for LGBTQ+ communities that extend beyond Taiwan

The film brilliantly sifts through two decades’ worth of documentation that plays a vital role in revealing something profound about both Huang and her mother.
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Thursday, June 29, 2017

Transforming adversity into art: An interview with ‘Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall’ director Katherine Fairfax Wright

“Behind the Curtain” transcends its basic purpose as a biopic of YouTube celebrity and former “American Idol” contestant Todrick Hall.
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Thursday, June 29, 2017

‘Brown Girls’ provides charming, accessible QPOC representation

As queer representation in media is few and far between, there exists a dearth in particular of representation for queer women of color — yet “Brown Girls” does not exist solely to fill this gap.
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Thursday, June 29, 2017

‘After Louie’ subverts narrative significance, promising first feature for director Vincent Gagliostro

As the debut feature of director Vincent Gagliostro starring Alan Cumming (2017 Frameline Award recipient), David Drake and Zachary Booth, among other prominent LGBTQ actors, “After Louie” substituted a concise and captivating narrative thread for a consolidation of moments.
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Thursday, June 29, 2017

‘The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson’ pays tribute to trans icon

Although “The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson” explores an event 25 years in the past, its message could not be shared at a more critical time in history.
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Thursday, June 29, 2017

Lena Hall unravels heartbreak through song in ‘Becks’

Becks” is a sign of what queer women-focused movies should be: heartfelt, well-acted and deserving of the big screen.
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