The two films I made ‘QITPOC: The Elegy’ and A Somewhat (Self)-portrait of a Sex Symbol’ have been based on my experience living as a young QTIPOC in a patriarchal white society. I made these films as a mode of therapy and a way to connect to other people who have had similar experiences. For […]
The Watermelon Woman is a cult classic film amongst the LGBT+ community. A landmark film directed, written, edited and starring Cheryl Duyne, The Watermelon Woman was the first feature film directed by a black lesbian. The stimulating and open-hearted film follows Cheryl back in 1993 on her quest to make a film about a black actress playing the […]
The black cinematic experience is changing and not just by the hands of straight poc but also queer poc. The reinvention of black films in the last ten years has reached new levels of success, dominating the box office earning millions worldwide, gaining critical acclaim and winning prestigious awards in the top categories for film. With 2019 around […]
Coming from an Asian background I always lived with a fear that I could never be accepted and would be banished from my community if anyone ever found out. I could barely accept myself – I never would have imagined that there were millions of people out there who were in a similar situation to […]
It’s been a long time since I left the cinema with the kind of giddy, unexpected satisfaction that I experienced after seeing Jordan Peele’s Get Out, a film that is in equal parts entertaining and thought-provoking. Arriving on UK screens riding a wave of mostly positive reviews, Peele’s feature-film directing debut has already broken box […]
Moonlight is the heart wrenching and beautiful film, that everyone should watch. It is not very often that a cinematic masterpiece has a black, gay character at the forefront of the story but times are changing. Adapted by Barry Jenkins from, Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, a play written by Tarell Alvin McCraney. It is […]
There are times when you and your friends go on a wild holiday, or do something daring and crazy or just have an epic bitch fest and you feel like you’d be great on TV; well that’s what happened when director Brandon Smithson decided to create a docu-series following the lives of him and his close friends. The […]
Multi talented triple threat, Singer, Songwriter and Filmmaker Be Steadwell is currently in the UK from her home in Washington DC, promoting her album Jaded and debut film Vow Of Silence – The musical, magical modern day queer fairly tale. The film is about heartbroken composer Jade who, after a break-up takes a vow of […]
What’s the first thing you do in the morning? When I wake up I upload a picture to Instagram and then I move onto the usual things we do in the bathroom. Why did you start your company? I dissolved my previous company as I felt like I was working as a freelancer. I have joined forces […]
Visuals have the capability to enhance our perception and understanding of a scenario. In some cases, moving images outperform words as some experiences, emotions, are too expansive for characters to pin down.
