Wicked Queer film fest brings global stories to Boston, March 29–April 8
When it is easier to watch a movie on a mobile phone than to head out to a theater, Wicked Queer, Boston’s long-running, ever-relevant LGBT film festival, understands that its mission is to provide...
LGBT themes light up Rhode Island Film Fest, Aug. 8–13
Nearly 20 shorts and three features make up this year’s LGBTQ sidebar of FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival, celebrating its 21st year, August 8–13 at various venues in Providence, Rhode Island.
The three features...
Powerful program playing at Boston LGBT Film Festival
(Editor’s note: This story appears in the March/April 2017 print edition of Boston Spirit magazine. Subscribe for free today.)
For much of its nearly 30-plus years of existence, the Boston LGBT Film Festival’s organizers heard from skeptics...
Boston’s LGBT Film Festival hits screens all over town
For the all-volunteer staff of the Boston LGBT Film Festival, watching movies—lots of movies—is a necessity. Voraciously logging in hours in front of films from around the world is how the programmers assure audiences...
Trans singer earns Oscar nomination for Best Original Song
Despite outcries over the lack of diversity among this year's (most years?) Oscar nominees, the esteemed voters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have made at least one progressive move in their 2016 props.
Said esteemed voters recognized...
Provincetown film fest selections focus on foundations of marriage-equality movement
As the landmark U.S. Supreme Count ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide reverberated, the Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF), which ended the week prior to the ruling, showed prescience in showcasing a documentary about the early...
New PBS Frontline documentary focuses on transgender kids
How young is too young to for gender transition?
A new Frontline documentary explores this question from the perspectives of parents, doctors, and eight transgender kids age 9-19. "Growing Up Trans" premieres at 10 p.m....
This year’s Toronto International Film Fest rich with good gay movies
The 14th annual Toronto International Film Festival I(TIFF) drew major stars, press, paparazzi and audiences to their cosmopolitan Canadian city for the first two weeks of September. TIFF has become the premiere showcase for...
VOICE OF COLOR: HBGC Welcomes ‘Noah’s Arc’ creator Patrik Ian-Polk to Boston to Screen...
Award winning director, screenwriter, singer, actor and producer, Patrik Ian Polk is coming to Boston!
Polk will join the roster of special guests at the Hispanic Black Gay Coalition’s (HBGC) 4th annual Youth Empowerment Conference.
HBGC’s...
