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Drag Entertainer Scarlett Bobo & Absolut Vodka launch documentary “Underneath The Empire”

posted Wednesday, April 14, 2021

by: in Drag, Queer, Streaming Online, Toronto

Scarlett Bobo is no stranger to the world of television, and she’s set to return to the screen with her documentary “Underneath the Empire,” which was produced by Absolut Vodka in collaboration with the Absolut Empire’s Ball competition. Absolut Empire’s Ballwas started by Scarlett Bobo in 2018 as a place for all types of drag […]

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Beverly Glenn-Copeland reissues classic 1986 album, Keyboard Fantasies (exclusive Q&A)

posted Friday, April 9, 2021

by: in Uncategorized

composer Beverly Glenn-Copeland announces the reissue of his 1986 masterpiece, Keyboard Fantasies. The LP/CD release will be out on April 9th via Transgressive, marking the 35th anniversary of its original release and will feature updated artwork and liner notes by pop star, Robyn. This will be the first time the album has ever been available on CD, and both physical […]

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National Film Board of Canada presents Queer and Indigenous Flicks at Hot Docs

posted Friday, April 9, 2021

by: in Film, Queer, Toronto

The 2021 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is presenting four world premieres of National Film Board of Canada (NFB) documentaries that explore powerful themes of identity and human rights by Indigenous, LGBTQ2+ and women film creators. This year’s festival will be available online to all Canadians from April 29 to May 9. Two new NFB feature-length films are premiering in […]

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Moffie – a tale of secrets within the South African Apartheid battles of the 1980s

posted Thursday, April 8, 2021

by: in Film, Queer

MOFFIE explores the life of a closeted young boy serving his mandatory military service during Apartheid in 1980s South Africa.  To be a moffie is to be weak, effeminate, illegal. The year is 1981 and South Africa’s white minority government is embroiled in a conflict on the southern Angolan border. Like all white boys over […]

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The Glamour and the Squalor – the rise, fall, and reemergence of a radio host

posted Wednesday, April 7, 2021

by: in Music

Marq Evans groundbreaking music LGBTQ documentary “The Glamour and the Squalor,” follows the life of Seattle DJ Marco Collins, who worked at alternative radio station 107.7 FM “The End”. Before the Internet made sourcing new music and rising bands a simple matter of keystrokes and RSS feeds, there was the radio DJ. No one epitomized […]

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Shiva Baby – growing up often comes with complications

posted Friday, April 2, 2021

by: in Film

Shiva Baby is about near college graduate, Danielle, gets paid by her sugar daddy and rushes to meet her neurotic parents at a family shiva. Upon arrival, she is accosted by various estranged relatives about her appearance and lack of post-grad plans, while her confident ex-girlfriend, Maya, is applauded by everyone for getting into law […]

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15th annual Canadian Film Festival – screens April 1 to 18, 2021

posted Wednesday, March 31, 2021

by: in Film

The Canadian Film Fest is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to supporting Canadian independent films and cultivating emerging and established filmmaking talent. Film-loving audiences come to enjoy a diverse selection of 100% Canadian film screenings (features & shorts) and filmmakers flock to the CFF’s various industry events to take advantage of essential networking opportunities. […]

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To Whom It May Concern – complications in committing suicide

posted Friday, March 26, 2021

by: in Film

Anna, (Dawn Olivieri), is 30, a bartender, beautiful, sexy and emotionally dysfunctional. Tired of life and planning to commit suicide, she begins making her own funeral arrangements. When Anna meets Sam (Wilmer Valderrame), the boyfriend of her neighbor, something sparks between them. The two quickly fall for each other. Just as Sam gently forces Anna […]

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“Juliet” focuses on a transgender teenager who battles for a female lead in a play

posted Friday, March 26, 2021

by: in Film, Trans

  Ira Storozhenko’s live-action short film Juliet focuses on a transgender teenager who hopes to play Juliet in a Romeo & Juliet school play. This powerful short which was inspired by the director and producers’ experience’s with gender discrimination has already screened at 7 film festivals including the Oscar-qualifying AFI Fest 2020 and Indie Short Fest where […]

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TINA – An Intimate Portrait Of The Legendary Tina Turner

posted Thursday, March 25, 2021

by: in Celebrity, Film, Music, Streaming Online

HBO’s TINA, a feature documentary  is a revealing and intimate look at the life and career of musical icon Tina Turner, charting her improbable rise to early fame, her personal and professional struggles throughout her life and her even more improbable resurgence as a global phenomenon in the 1980s. This unvarnished, dynamic account features insightful […]

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