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Call Her Ganda

When a transgender Filipina woman is found dead in the motel room of a US Marine, grassroots activists demand accountability. The ensuing case lays bare a constellation of social and political tensions between the United States and the Philippines.

(Year: 2018; Director: PJ Raval)

Cassandro, The Exotico!

A portrait of a lucha libre wrestler known for outrageous gender presentation and equally spectacular wrestling moves

(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Maria Losier; Writer: Marie Losier, Antoine Barraud)

Deep In Vogue

A documentary about Manchester’s Vogue ball scene.

(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Amy Watson, Dennis Keighron-Foster)

Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise Of Jack Smith

A documentary about the life and work of the radical artist and underground filmmaker Jack Smith.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Jerry Tartaglia; Stars: Jack Smith, Mario Montez, Beverly Grant)

The Fruit Machine

A documentary detailing the Canadian government’s systematic attempts to purge its armed services of LGBT people following the anti-gay hysteria that ran from the beginning of the Cold War through to the 1980s.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2018; Director: Sarah Fodey; Stars: Michelle Douglas, Lucie Laperle, Renée Parent)

The Gospel Of Eureka

Review preview for The Gospel Of Eureka

The Gospel Of Eureka is fairly straightforward in structure, with no real surprises, but it tells a story that matters.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
Love, faith, and civil rights collide in the south as evangelical Christians and drag queens step into the spotlight to explore the meaning of belief.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Donal Mosher, Michael Palmieri; Writer: Donal Mosher; Stars: Justin Vivian Bond)

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Halston

Review preview for Halston

The film works wonderfully as an introduction to this important fashion designer for those who never heard of him or connected his name to Seventies minimalist style.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
From Iowa to Studio 54, this investigation into the rags-to-riches story of America's first superstar designer uncovers the cautionary tale of an artist who sold his name to Wall Street.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Frédéric Tcheng)

Full review See: Frédéric Tcheng ‪in conversation on‬ his director's cut, Charles James, Truman Capote's Black and White Ball, and the business of Halston , Frédéric Tcheng ‪in conversation on‬ Liza Minnelli, Tavi Gevinson, Elsa Peretti and the Battle of Versailles in Halston

Light In The Water

A documentary about the history of the West Hollywood Swim Club, registered in 1982 as the first openly gay masters swim and water polo club.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Lis Bartlett; Writer: Lis Bartlett, James Cude; Stars: James Ballard, Charlie Bartel, Mauro Bordovsky)

Making Montgomery Clift

Using a treasure trove of home movies, audio recordings and meticulous records, the legendary film star's nephew paints a picture of Clift as a fiercely independent, dedicated actor with a fondness for fun and a great appetite for life.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Robert Anderson Clift, Hillary Demmon)

Mapplethorpe

In the late Sixties, art-school dropout Robert Mapplethorpe moves into the Chelsea Hotel with dreams of stardom.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Ondi Timoner; Writer: Mikko Alanne, Ondi Timoner; Stars: Matt Smith, Marianne Rendón, Mark Moses, John Benjamin Hickey, Carolyn McCormick, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tina Benko, Hari Nef, Mickey O'Hagan, Kerry Butler, McKinley Belcher III, Karlee Perez, Kenya Brome, Karan Oberoi, John Bolton)

Tongues Untied

A depiction of the ongoing black liberation movement and its intersection with the devastation of the AIDS crisis.

(Country: US; Year: 1989; Director: Marlon T Riggs; Stars: Marlon T Riggs, Kerrigan Black, Blackberri)

TransMilitary

Documents four men and women who risk their families’ livelihoods by coming out to the Pentagon’s top brass in the hope of attaining the equal right to serve.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Gabriel Silverman, Fiona Dawson; Writer: Jamie Coughlin, Gabriel Silverman)

United We Fan

A documentary about fans who harness the power of social media in creative ways to save beloved but endangered series.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2018; Director: Michael Sparaga)

Vision Portraits

Review preview for Vision Portraits

This isn't just an inspiration ticket - it's a series of portraits of people who would be interesting and enjoyable to be around whether they were blind or not.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A black, gay filmmaker who is losing his sight explores the lives and work of other visually impaired artists in this documentary.

(Country: Canada, Germany, US; Year: 2019; Director: Rodney Evans; Writer: Rodney Evans; Stars: Rodney Evans, John Dugdale, Kayla Hamilton, Ryan Knighton)

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Water Makes Us Wet

After their adventures in Ecosexuals, in which they married natural phenomena such as lakes and trees, Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens return with the second documentary in a trilogy, this time examining their love affair with water.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Beth Stephens, Annie Sprinkle; Stars: Beth Stephens, Annie Sprinkle, Butch, Sandy Stone)