Repost from | Author: Michelangelo Signorile | Originally posted February 8, 2013 Civil rights leader Bayard Rustin was a visionary and an openly gay man who dared to be out in the 1940s, 1950s, a…
Scene 2 Seen Podcast: Documentary Filmmaker Nancy Kates Discusses ‘Brother Outsider’ Which Chronicles The Legacy Of Bayard Rustin
Hello, and welcome to the Scene to Seen Podcast! I am Valerie Complex Associate editor and film writer at Deadline. On today’s episode, we’re talking to documentarian Nancy Kates, director of PBS d…
Dakan, 25 years after: the queer landmark that haunts African film
Causing uproar in Guinea 25 years ago, Dakan has been hailed as the first West African film to tackle homosexuality. Yet its director would never make another movie, and its legacy has been a warning for other filmmakers.
Exclusive Interview: trailblazing trans fa’afafine Sāmoan footballer Jaiyah Saelua on inspiring Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins
FIFA legend Jaiyah Saelua caught the world’s attention as one of the subjects of Mike Brett and Steve Jamison’s 2014 feature documentary Next Goal Wins which celebrated the resilience a…
Why Maurice is Still a Resonant Text for the Queer Audience
I first saw the Merchant Ivory film Maurice in 1987, the year of its initial release. Having moved back to New York City to start college (my parents had fled the city in the 1970s for the beckonin…
Whether it's films produced under the constrictions of the Hays Code or hetero romance that lifts from gay culture, there's a whole canon of cinema which has been embraced by queer cinephiles.
In a fairer world, Portrait of Jason would have done what Shirley Clarke’s earlier works didn’t: it would have launched her, turned her into one of the…
‘Not A Tame Lion’ Highlights The Life And Legacy Of Christian Historian John Boswell
Since his death in 1994, the gay Yale historian’s significance has continued to rise, both in academic and wider cultural circles. So it is not surprising that a documentary entitled “Not A Tame Lion” has been produced about his life and impact by filmmakers Craig Bettendorf and Kai Morgan.
Mark Kermode on… the revered British director Terence Davies: ‘He had to fight to get every film made’
From Distant Voices, Still Lives to Benediction, the lyrical work of the late director was suffused with the ‘ecstasy’ of cinema – and his fraught Liverpool childhood
Omar Ayuso Talks Return to ‘Elite’ and the Moral Responsibility He Feels Playing a Gay Muslim Character
"Being an openly gay actor that is free in real life and in fiction is something that we need so much while growing up and also in our lives as adults," says the star of the Spanish teen drama.