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Author: Bryen Dunn

The Cuban – spotlights the healing powers of music

posted Wednesday, November 4, 2020

by: in Film, Music

When a naive pre-med student named Mina gets her first job in a nursing home and meets an elderly Cuban jazz musician named Luis,  she discovers that music triggers Luis’ memories and uses it to break him out of his dementia, and to create moments of lucidity and joy.     At the heart of THE […]

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Yes, God, Yes – when your devotion conflicts with your emotions, a story of teenage discovery

posted Wednesday, November 4, 2020

by: in Film

Following a premiere at SXSW in 2019, YES, GOD, YEShas gone on to receive critical acclaim, and awards. In the Midwest in the early 00s, sixteen-yes-old Alice (Natalia Dyer) has always been a good Catholic girl. But when an AOL chat turns racy, she discovers masturbation and becomes guilt-ridden. Seeking redemption, she attends a mysterious religious […]

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OML on Revry- Free 24/7 All Female Programming Channel

posted Sunday, November 1, 2020

by: in Lesbian, Queer, Streaming Online

Revry, the first global LGBTQ+ virtual cable TV network, unveiled the newest addition to its lineup of free linear TV channels with OML on Revry – the first 24/7 live TV channel exclusively catering to queer womxn (lesbian, bi, trans female, gender non-binary, queer, etc.). This announcement adds to Revry’s suite of boundary-defying queer entertainment on […]

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OUTtv launches podcast and true-crime docu-series about real-life LGBT murder mysteries

posted Sunday, November 1, 2020

by: in Film, Queer

OUTtv, Canada’s only and the world’s first LGBTQ+ television network and streaming service announced today a gripping new true crime docu-series coming to the network this fall. The true crime series, which includes Killer in the Village, The Cobra Killers and Surviving the Block will premiere on OUTtv on Saturday, November 7th at 9pm ET/PT […]

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LGBTQ2+ National Monument to be built in Ottawa – design competition now open

posted Friday, October 30, 2020

by: in Activism, Ottawa, Queer

After conducting extensive consultations and planning, the LGBT Purge Fund unveiled plans to build a LGBTQ2+ National Monument in Ottawa, that will memorialize discrimination against LGBTQ2+ people, including the period known as the LGBT Purge. The monument site will be located at the northeast side of Wellington Street near the Portage Bridge, next to the […]

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Thom Fitzgerald’s “Splinters” – every family has their secrets

posted Thursday, October 29, 2020

by: in Film, Lesbian, Queer

Belle returns to her rural Nova Scotia home for her father’s funeral. Having caused her mother Nancy considerable consternation when she came out as a lesbian teen, Belle is now desperate to keep secret from her mother that she’s been in a relationship with a man for the last two years. Sofia Banzhaf (Closet Monster) […]

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Dedalus – captivating triptych cinema noir that intertwines stories and stimulates the mind

posted Monday, October 26, 2020

by: in Film, Queer

DEDALUS is a fiction triptych portraying community, love, and loss. 1) In rural Iowa, a grocery cashier watches helplessly as classmates conceal their act of sexual violence against his teenaged step-sister. Will she keep the child? 2) A hustler tricks for food, shelter, and intimacy during a winter in New York City.  A young woman […]

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Halloween on Church Street is going virtual – Oct 31, 2020 at 8pm

posted Monday, October 26, 2020

by: in Events, Featured Events, Queer, Toronto

For the over 20 years of Halloween on Church, many people have gathered in Toronto’s Gay Village, but unfortunately it won’t be happening this year as it’s not safe to do so at this time. However, the Church-Wellesley Village have planned a virtual alternative with plenty of entertainment planned for the spookiest of all nights, […]

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Rialto – intimate look at one man’s struggles with his conflicting emotions

posted Monday, October 26, 2020

by: in Film

Rialto is a  complex story about a man who’s life is in free-fall. A man who is making all the wrong decisions after the loss of his father. The film is about men and their inability to express emotions due to societal pressures. Colm (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor) finds a safe space to talk about his emotions, […]

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Weed & Wine – film about the love of two families working to make a difference

posted Thursday, October 22, 2020

by: in Film

Okay, it’s called WEED & WINE, but really… it’s about parenting in times of uncertainty, and about the preciousness and precariousness of family. It is, of course, also about weed and wine if you happen to enjoy those.  Continents apart from one another, two farming families aim to reinvent themselves on their land. One family—a strong-willed […]

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