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Beauty aka Skoonheid

  Francois is one of the unhappiest self-loathing closeted gay men we have ever seen on film.  He’s a middle-aged South African who is first seen celebrating his daughter’s wedding in what appears to be a happy family. He is cold and matter of fact with his wife,  but that almost seemed like a natural … Continue reading

Beauty & Decay : revisiting a life in East Berlin

  It’s been exactly 30 years since the Berlin Wall came down so  East Berliner ex-punk photographer Sven Marquardt revisits his old haunts with his former muse Dome (Dominique Hollenstein) to do another photo shoot just like the old days. Since he settled in the West,  Marquardt has carved  out a fierce reputation for manning … Continue reading

Becoming Chaz

This highly personal film documents part of the journey that Chaz Bono takes to become a transgendered man.  He is remarkably brave, strikingly honest and an extremely likable person who allows the cameras to record the crucial steps of taking the necessary hormones and then having the vital breast surgery and how all of this effects … Continue reading

Becoming Courtney Act: How drag made Shane Jenek queen of his own identity

  If you’ve never been a fan/admirer of Shane Jenek aka drag queen Courtney Act, then  this intimate portrait from Australian TV will change all that Australian Story is an award-winning documentary series , each just 30 minutes long, with no narrator and no agendas — just authentic stories told entirely in people’s own words.  … Continue reading

Becoming Leslie : the story of the crossdresser who really succeeded in Keeping Austin Weird

Leslie Cochrane was something of an acquired taste.  He was a very loud middle-aged scantily clad cross-dressing homeless man who was the self-styled leader of a movement called Keep Austin Weird. In his intriguing new documentary from Tracey Frazier we don’t initially know he ended up in this conservative Texas city that he proclaimed was … Continue reading

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