House of Bellevue: Watch Queer German Ballroom Drama Series with English Subtitles here
House of Bellevue tells the story of Emm, a bi black man who moves from his provincial hometown to Berlin and becomes involved with the local ballroom community, hoping to join Mother Lia's House of Bellevue.
This ensemble show centers on a cast of majority PoC, queer characters, which is still the exception on German TV. It even features a middle-aged, asexual trans woman who gets to have a romance arc!
While many of the actors are newcomers, the cast also includes the iconic Florence Kasumba, known for playing Ayo in Black Panther and other MCU installments.
Since the TV station, ZDF Neo, hardly promoted this show at all, even in Germany most people have probably never heard of it, let alone watched it. Since I like to do a subtitling side project now and then next to my day job, I decided to create English subtitles, which you can find here along with instructions on how to access the episodes.
Please reblog and spread the word so this show gets some much-deserved love! If you're looking for queer media with a found family trope, breathtaking runway performances and, of course, lots of drama, check out House of Bellevue!
PS: If you're a German speaker seeing this, please use the ZDF Mediathek to stream the show to show support for diverse media!
