The Marginalized Shall Change the World
One of this year’s Oscar-nominated documentaries, How To Survive a Plague, should be annual required viewing during LGBTQ History Month (that’s October here…
The Camp and Queer Bible Goes Down Under
On short notice, I was given the opportunity to contribute an introductory essay to an event surrounding an exhibit of Father Michael Morris’…
Living a Double Life
There are some difficult documentaries in the Oscar field this year. Filmmakers have addressed rape in the military, grassroots HIV treatment, Israeli/Palestinian conflict,…
Protest Filmmaking
Like few other media, film can capture the fragility of life and the pain of its loss. It also has the ability to…
Exposing the Invisible War
I’m trying to see all the available Oscar-nominated documentaries this week. I’ll watch all of them except The Gatekeepers, which doesn’t seem to…
Leaving Cults and Lingering Trauma
I’ve found some unintentional yet common threads through some of my filmwatching over the past year, especially in light of having read Serene…
