Editor’s note
Ameena Golding/Staff
While there’s still a long way to go for LGBTQ+ cinematic representation, Frameline will be there, supporting LGBTQ+ films as they develop and progress.
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‘Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall’ seamlessly weaves personal, universal, creative threads into dazzling narrative
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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‘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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‘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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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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‘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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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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‘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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‘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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‘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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