Over the past few years, Emmy Award-winning producer and director Jeffrey Schwarz has carved out quite a niche as the leading exponent of creating such excellent documentaries of leading queer icons. So far he has told us the stories of Vito Russo, Tab Hunter, Allen Carr, Jack Wrangler, and the fabulous Divine. However, this … Continue reading
Before queer filmmaker (and cat fancier) Kareem Tabsch picked up an Emmy Nomination for co-directing Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado which is still in Netflix’s Top Ten, he introduced the world to Cherry Pop. Cherry Pop was a cat but no ordinary feline. Beloved by her wealthy socialite owners, she lived … Continue reading
Jeanie Finlay’s simpatico documentary about Freddy McConnell a determined Brit trans man who wants to give birth is a remarkable testament of faith by McConnell in allowing the cameras to film every part of his extraordinary journey. To avoid the story becoming the slightest bit sensationalized McConnell had assembled his own crew to be … Continue reading
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are the legendary queer charity, protest and street performance organization that uses drag and religious imagery to call attention to sexual intolerance and satirizes issues of gender and morality. It all started in 1976, when a convent of Roman Catholic nuns lent some retired habits to The Sugar Plum … Continue reading