Tag: LGBTQ history

Exclusive Interview: Hugh Sheehan on his award-winning podcast Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7 – “we must never forget these queer histories”

In this politically regressive era in the United States and beyond, it is especially vital that LGBTQ+ history be recorded and shared, enabling us to find context, empowerment and guidance in the narratives of our queer and trans forebearers. Recognizing that necessity is composer, sound designer, writer and audio producer Hugh Sheehan, whose exquisitely crafted... Continue Reading →

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Emmys 2024 FYC Exclusive Interview: Taylor Mac on his 24-Decade History of Popular Music “so much of queer culture has been erased – I wanted to make something so big it couldn’t be ignored”

In 2016, Taylor Mac performed a one-time-only, 24-hour immersive theatrical experience in front of a live audience at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. The concert offered an alternative take on U.S. history, narrated through music that was popular from the nation’s founding to the present, with Mac transforming hourly by changing into elaborate, decade-specific costumes... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Fellow Travelers stars Noah J. Ricketts & Jelani Alladin “this miniseries is a revolution”

Ron Nyswaner's exquisitely crafted work of queer historical fiction, Fellow Travelers, is a compelling and deeply moving epic miniseries that takes in the Lavender Scare of the 1950s and follows its repercussions in the lives of those directly affected through the following decades, taking in the post-Stonewall period of liberation in the 70s up to... Continue Reading →

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Watch Colman Domingo as March on Washington architect, civil rights activist & organizer Bayard Rustin in teaser trailer for Netflix’s Rustin

Marking today's 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Netflix has revealed an official teaser trailer for the upcoming Bayard Rustin biopic Rustin starring Emmy-winning Euphoria actor Colman Domingo in the title role. Michael Potts as Cleve Robinson, Aml Ameen as Martin Luther King, Chris Rock as NAACP Exec. Dir. Roy... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Kristen Lovell & Zackary Drucker reclaim the history of New York’s transgender sex workers with Sundance award-winning The Stroll

Following its award-winning world premiere at Sundance in January, directors Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker’s outstanding feature The Stroll went on to open London's prestigious LGBTQ+ film festival BFI Flare, and last week the filmmakers were recognized with the John Schlesinger Award for Best Director of a Documentary at the Provincetown International Film Festival. Rich,... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Georgia Oakley & Rosy McEwen on 1980s-set lesbian drama Blue Jean “what happens in the film is still so relevant”

Writer-director Georgia Oakley’s impressive directorial debut Blue Jean is a compelling character study set in northern England in 1988, as Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government is about to pass the notorious Section 28 of the local Government Act which stigmatized the nation's gay and lesbian population, stoking homophobia—both societal and internal—at the height of the HIV/AIDS... Continue Reading →

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TV Review: Queerstralia ★★★★1/2

Comedian Zoë Coombs Marr’s irreverent look at Australia’s queer history, aptly titled Queerstralia, takes a big topic and makes it easy to digest over three episodes. Like a rollicking good dinner party conversation, it is provocative, hilarious, and completely non-linear. This isn’t your standard History Channel doco. “Each generation has its own story, but I’m... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Little Richard I Am Everything filmmaker Lisa Cortés “it was important to give him agency to be the narrator of his journey”

Little Richard: I Am Everything, released in US theaters and on digital on Friday, April 21st, sees Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning director Lisa Cortés excavate the Black queer origins of rock 'n’ roll with Richard Penniman, aka Little Richard, as its "architect". The fascinating and often thrilling film, which world premiered in the US Documentary Competition... Continue Reading →

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