Cherry Grove Stories is a joyous account of an iconic gay haven that has always played a crucial role in LGBT history. It is part of Fire Island that is located just off Long Island, New York and which started out in the 1950’s when gay men and women needed a safe place to escape from … Continue reading
It’s an unbearably hot Santiago Christmas Eve 1986 in those pre-tech days before cellphones were invented and when families still had to talk to each other. However Borja (Cristóbal Rodríguez-Costabal) ‘s family don’t. Well not very much. He’s a precocious teenager about to turn 17 and obsessed with movies especially the stack of obscure … Continue reading
Having directed/produced two major queer documentaries in the past : The Cockettes (2002) and We Were Here (2011), Emmy Award nominated filmmaker David Weissman has now created a documentary storytelling project focused on older gay men. In each of his ‘Conversations With Gay Elders’ Weissman conducts interviews with gay men in their 70’s as they … Continue reading
It’s very tough being the slightest bit sympathetic for Helosia (Letícia Sabatella) the protagonist in Brazilian filmmaker Jeremias Moreira Filho, and Dani Carneiro’s family drama as she refuses to take any responsibility for her unhappy life. She blames her elderly mother Ruth (Selma Egrei ) for the her unfulfilling job as a hospital doctor, her … Continue reading
When filmmaker Derek Hallquist started his documentary Denial it focused on his father David the CEO of Vermont Electric Corp and his impassioned views on climate change and transitioning the industry to adequately deal with an ever changing world. Hallquist Snr was so committed to renewable energy and converting the Grid to sources of … Continue reading