Tag Archives: documentaries

TRAILER: White People

Judging by the highest-rated comments at YouTube, the wingnuts are very upset about this movie.

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TRAILER: Larry Kramer In Love & Anger

Kramer tells TIME: “I don’t regret anything I’ve done or said. No matter what you say, some people are going to like it and some people aren’t. So it hasn’t shut me up at all. Inside I’m just as tempestuous.”  The documentary debuts on June 29th at 9PM. Set the DVR now.

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Yahoo News Documentary: Uniquely Nasty: The US Government’s War On Gays

Via press release: As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to rule on same-sex marriage, Yahoo News presents a new 30-minute documentary, “Uniquely Nasty: The U.S. Government’s War on Gays,” reported and narrated by chief investigative correspondent Michael Isikoff. The film explores a dark and little-known chapter in America’s recent political past, when gays and lesbians were barred from working for …

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Fame Or Shame: A Short Documentary About Harlem Hate Pastor James Manning

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TRAILER: Desert Migration

About the documentary: The spotlight shining on the fight against HIV has dimmed in recent years. The virus itself has been downgraded to a ‘chronic condition’. The elderly are, to a certain extent, shuffled into a corner. Aging people with HIV even more so, ignored and forgotten. But they are a reminder not to be complacent. A reminder that HIV …

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TRAILER: Do I Sound Gay?

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TRAILER: Batkid Begins

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TRAILER: Being Canadian

Now playing on VOD.

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TRAILER: What Happened, Miss Simone?

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TRAILER: Folsom Forever

Clip recap: In 1984, a scrappy little neighborhood in San Francisco – home to many low-income tenants and the heart of the gay male leather scene – faced destruction from the bulldozers of redevelopment and the AIDS crisis. The Folsom Street Fair was started to call attention to gentrification and raise money for AIDS charities. Folsom Forever tells the story …

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TRAILER: A Sinner In Mecca

Plot recap: For a gay filmmaker, filming in Saudi Arabia presents two serious challenges: filming is forbidden in the country and homosexuality is punishable by death. For filmmaker Parvez Sharma, however, these were risks he had to assume as he embarked on his Hajj pilgrimage, a journey considered the greatest accomplishment and aspiration within Islam, his religion. He brings back …

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TRAILER: Tab Hunter Confidential

The documentary is making its debut at SXSW and Hunter, 83, spoke to Yahoo about his love affair with late actor Anthony Perkins: Tony was a very fine young actor, and I respected him tremendously. He was just a very intelligent man. Everybody hopefully makes the right choices in life, and he made the choice to marry this wonderful woman …

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TRAILER: I Am Santa Claus

Catholic League blowhard Bill Donohue is very angry about this documentary. CNN executives are very excited that one of their own, Morgan Spurlock, is the man behind “I Am Santa Claus.” To prove how happy they are, they are flagging a supremely positive article about the flick by one of their online columnists, John D. Sutter. The source of their …

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TRAILER: Banksy Does New York

Debuting on HBO tomorrow night. Over the course of a month-long residency in New York, Banksy and his team took to the streets – secretly creating a variety of public work ranging from elaborate conceptual stunts to traditional graffiti art. Constructed under the dark of night, each new piece was then announced daily on his #BANKSYNY Instagram account and chronicled …

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TRAILER: 808

The machine that moved your feet. More than 30 years ago, Afrika Bambaataa’s Arthur Baker-produced “Planet Rock” changed the music industry forever, thanks in part to its use of the revolutionary 808 drum machine. The 808 created a beat no one had ever experienced before, and eventually gave birth to genres such as EDM, synthpop, dubstep, and countless others. Now, …

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TRAILER: Citizenfour

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TRAILER: To Russia With Love

From the press materials: To Russia With Love, an EPIX Original Documentary about two generations of Olympic LGBT athletes, will make its world premiere on Wednesday, October 29 at 8PM ET. To Russia With Love examines human rights through the lens of LGBT athletes, with iconoclastic athlete and commentator Johnny Weir serving as the viewers’ guide into this world. The …

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TRAILER: Bad Ass Gays

Clip recap: Taking a hard punch in the ring, careening 180 mph around a race track or leading a combat mission, it’s a brave new world for gay men openly pursuing their professional passions, defying stereotypes, discrimination and setting the stage for a new generation. “Bad Ass Gays” is a documentary that tells the personal stories of gay men in …

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TRAILER: The War Against Gays In Russia

Debuts on HBO on October 6th. Narrated by Matt Bomer.

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TRAILER: David Bowie Is

Via the Village Voice: It’s the kind of forward-thinking experience David Bowie himself might have predicted. Just for one day, on silver screens across the country, a movie about a museum exhibition — featuring the rocker’s groundbreaking albums, outlandish costumes, and clips from his artistic videos — will briefly tantalize the world — and be gone. All in the form …

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