To paraphrase T.S. Eliot, April (aka National Poetry Month), is the queerest month. There are so many books from which to choose over the next 30 days, and beyond, of course, that it’s difficult to know where to begin. How about alphabetically?
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Katee Roberts was tired of being told not to put a queer relationship in a "straight" series, so she wrote "Midnight Ruin" so she can call the shots.
In “Silver Haze” (Darkstar), writer/director Sacha Polak has struck gold with queer actors Vicky Knight and Esmé Creed-Miles, both of whom she has worked on previous projects (“Dirty God” and “Hanna,” respectively). Loosely based on Knight’s life, “Silver Haze” is a difficult film to watch, but well worth sticking with until the very last scene.
Miami Beach is known to be a vacation destination, but as Mhi'ya Iman Le’Paige puts it, Miami has “the best entertainers.”
Diva is in the house! Sunshine Cathedral has the inimitable Amy Armstrong, on Saturday, March 23. Don’t let the title of her new show, “Music Heals” fool you. She is the diva with the voice of an angel and the mouth of a sailor. She got her start in Chicago’s cabaret circuit and quickly rose to worldwide acclaim, her show’s a part concert, part stand-up, and all fun!
Gay British filmmakers such as Andrew Haigh, writer/director of the acclaimed “All of Us Strangers,” have taken the art form in new and thrilling directions. You can now add the names Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping, the British co-writers/co-directors of the mind-blowing “Femme” (Utopia/BBC Films) to the list of filmmakers in the UK who, along with Haigh, are making indelible impressions in queer cinema.
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