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Queer Cornwall : the stories of three LGBTQIA+ trailblazer artists who made their home in this tiny fishing village

  Lamorna is a small fishing village on the Cornish coast, in the far southwest of England. The expansive skies and landscapes of the area have long been a draw for artists, most famously painters associated with the Newlyn school such as Laura Knight, Alfred Munnings, and Lamorna Birch.  It’s relatively unknown even though it is just a mere 13 … Continue reading

Queer filmmaker MARK CHRISTOPHER”s very first short film from 1992

  For Throwback Thursday Queerguru checks out the first short made by queer filmmaker Mark Christopher best known for  as the writing/director of ’54’  and the subsequent ‘54 The Directors Cut. Christopher was 29 years old in 1992 when he wrote and directed Dead Boys Club.  It is  the story of Toby an innocent young man … Continue reading

Queer Genius award-winning Doc : chronicling five visionary queer artists: is Re-Released

  Chet Pancake’s award-winning indie documentary  “Queer Genius,” chronicles five visionary queer artists: Eileen Myles (Award-winning American writer and poet), Barbara Hammer (Filmmaker and producer), Jibz Cameron (performance artist and actor), and Black Quantum Futurism (Rasheedah Phillips and Camae Ayewa A.K.A. Moor Mother, literary and artistic creatives) who unapologetically break down barriers in their creative fields … Continue reading

Queer Japan: a look at the sheer diversity of the LGBTQ community

  The LA based Canadian filmmaker Graham Kolbeins set himself an impossible task with his new documentary Queer Japan.  Although it is both intriguing and thoroughly entertaining it is also very obvious that 90 minutes is certainly not long enough to comprehensively cover the whole spectrum of LGBTQ culture in Japan. Although somewhat uneven in … Continue reading

Queer movement artist MAX COOKWARD reflects their transformative journey through dance

  Max Cookward a queer dance artist reflects on their connection to the physical and means of expression in a short film, directed by Harry Bowley.  The Brit grew up with two mothers  which he acknowledges would help when they would want to self-discover their gender identity and sexuality  Trained at Rambert School of Ballet and … Continue reading

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