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Queer Related Films You Should Pay Attention At This Year Tribeca Film Festival

New York City is preparing for one of its most entertaining and thought-provoking events, the annual Tribeca Film Festival.

Now in its 16th year, the festival brings a plethora of premieres from around the world, as well as retrospective screenings of film classics, an immersive arcade of virtual reality, and some red carpet glitter.

Included in the line-up this year are several feature narratives and documentaries of interest to women and the LGBTQ community.

Whitney. “Can I Be Me”

Catch Nick Broomfield and Rudi Dolezal’s exploration of Whitney Houston’s career and personal life before it comes to Showtime.

Love The Sinner

Originally titled “One Pulse”, Devaney and Gandbhir’s short explores the evangelical roots of homophobia in the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting that claimed 49 lives.

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

U.S.A (Director: Alexandra Dean) Hollywood screen siren Hedy Lamarr was considered one of the most beautiful stars of the 1940s, and enjoyed both a big gay following and rumors about her sexuality. But most of her fans had no idea she came up with a secret communication system to help the Allies beat the Nazis in WWII, a little known facet explored in this fascinating documentary.

Dive (Salta)

In this short directed by Marianne Amelinckx, Julia (Iruaní Gómez) goes back to the pool and remembers that sometimes life challenges ourselves to keep going and make decisions.

Saturday Church

Saturday Church focuses young, queer Ulysses as he discovers an underground community where he finds support and creative inspiration.

The cast includes Margot Bingham, Regina Taylor, Marquis Rodriguez, MJ Rodriguez, Indya Moore, Alexia Garcia.

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

Also making its premiere at Tribeca, this documentary about the pioneering trans activist features unearthed footage and rediscovered interviews about the “street queen” who helped start the Stonewall riots.

Nobody’s Watching

The Argentinean film written and directed by Julia Solomonoff, Nobody’s Watching, challenges identity and questions how we perform our preferences for a cultural context.

Manifesto

Cate Blanchett portrays 13 different characters all railing against art in Julian Rosefeldt’s brilliant (anti) art film Manifesto.

Permission

Gina Gershon and Rebecca Hall star in Permission, a film about negotiating an open relationship.

Take Me

Taylor Schilling stars in Take Me, a darkly comic crime caper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlJIr0x7e64

The Handmaid’s Tale

Hulu’s highly anticipated The Handmaid’s Tale debuts, followed by a conversation with the dynamic cast including Elisabeth Moss and Samira Wiley.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJTonrzXTJs

 

 

One Percent More Humid

The story centres on Iris (Temple) and Catherine (Garner), college-age childhood friends who reunite for a humid New England summer to help each other cope with the unimaginable – a friend has died in a car accident, an accident which they both survived.

 

One Percent More Humid, is written and directed by Liz W. Garcia.

10 LGBTQ+ Documentaries Free To Watch On KitschMix.TV

Sometimes, you need a little reality check. That’s why a good documentary can be a welcomed change to, say, battering your head against a wall while watching another episode of Orange Is The New Black.

So (in no particular order) we rounded up ten great LGBT documentaries that you can stream right now on KitschMix.TV.


Lesbian Angles – A Lesbian Documentary

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This was a non-profit project, created by lesbians for lesbians. Lesbian Angels’ goal was to entertain and interact with awesome people from all over the world.


We Went To Gay Conversion Therapy Camp

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What Is Female Masculinity?

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Buzzfeed’s new on-point video on female masculinity. In it they asks people along the masculine-presenting-female perspectives to discuss how they see themselves; from butch to masculine of centre to gender neutral.


In My Shoes: Stories of Youth with LGBT Parents

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In a time when LGBT families are debated and attacked in the media, courts and Congress, from school houses to state houses across the country, five young people who are children of LGBT parents give you a chance to walk in their shoes – to hear their own views on marriage, making change, and what it means to be a family.


Teen Line: Understanding Sexual Orientation & Gender Identities

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LGBTQ: Understanding Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities is the latest educational video released by TEEN LINE in May 2015. Hear from several youth in Los Angeles, CA about their coming out process, support, and embracing their identities. Professionals speak to the importance of support, safety, and celebrating individuality.


Just Call Me Kade

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Kade Farlow Collins is a sixteen year old FTM (female to male transgendered person) residing in Tucson, Arizona. Kade’s parents maintain a supportive and nurturing relationship to Kade regarding the many challenges facing their teenage child. However, it hasn’t always been easy.


Love is Love

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In the summer of 2012 Shalem Mathew and Mitch Kitter started the Love is Love project. During the first stage of the project they photographed 28 Vibrant LGBT families from all over Alaska. Thru out the project filmmaker April Frame recorded video, interviewed couples, and compiled a video that is sure to leave you misty eyed.


Edie and Thea: A Love Story

Acclaimed directors Susan Muska and Gréta Ólafsdóttir (The Brandon Teena Story) present a lovingly crafted documentary in which life partners Edie Windsor andThea Spyer recount how their improbable romance ignited a lifelong journey around the world and through history.


Gay and Lesbian Refugees in South Africa: ‘We Thought

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A new video from Atlantic Philanthropies shows that despite written law; tolerance and acceptance do not come easily to those living in Africa; and in particular South Africa.


Dave Naz : Identity

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Coagula Curatorial presents Identity, a solo exhibition by Dave Naz which explores the gender spectrum in an entirely new way — by turning his camera on transgender, intersex, pangender, and every shade in between. Helping to add to the current global discussion on the structured nature of gender identity, the exhibit is an eye-opening musing on all of the people who don’t fit neatly into a convenient box.