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Knife+Heart 2018
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Gutting. Tender. Aching. Remorseful. Irredeemable. Wretched. Wanting. The man crying while he stabs Guy. That actor alone deserves an award. The pain in his face, indescribable, killing a threat to his community, the way he stabs him multiple times and twists the fucking knife. The crowd believing him to be homophobic. Is he? Is it shame? It comes from a place of pain. It hurts knowing he was once a gay teenager in love. It hurts seeing their embrace and…
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Pray Away 2021
Why did they platform a new ex-LGBTQ leader and show the conversation they were having with a transphobic mom reaffirming her transphobia without critiquing it. Like that and the freedom march prayer session were depicted the exact same way as the survivor testimonies. What was that about? Trying to show “both sides of the argument”???? This documentary did a poor job of tying past footage with modern testimonies in a way that properly highlighted why the narratives from that footage…
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In France Michelle Is a Man's Name 2020
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This was really really good at making me uncomfortable. As the genderqueer child of somewhat conservative parents, the scenes with his mom snapping at him while she’s making dinner, or “I always knew you were a boy, even when you were a little girl,” these moments just capture exactly what it’s like to be in that position. His mom and dad do obviously love him. But they don’t know how to act. The dad actually uses his right name, calls…
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