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Exclusive Interview: Outfest LA 2021 spotlight artist Angelo Madsen Minax “my fellow queers are ready for a little more nuance in their representation & they’ll get that in North By Current”

Award-winning artist, performer, musician, and filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to Outfest this month with his deeply personal feature North By Current, following its world premiere at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival, where it was nominated for both Best Documentary and a Teddy Award. The raw, unflinching portrait of his Mormon family reeling from tragedy was shot over five years in his rural…

Just when thought the state of democracy couldn't get any worse... Enter the quest for #PRESIDENT in Zimbabwe #documentary #afidocs

Apparently politcal shenanigans are global. President Mugabe had ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years.  However, when polling began, so did the cheating. Mugabe’s presidency got smacked by rigged elections and violence against political opponents.  Then, In November 2017, President Mugabe is outed in a military coup led by Mugabe’s former Vice-President Mnangagwa, setting the stafe for a crucial election…

When was the last time you saw a newstand or picked up a local paper? Storm Lake reminds me that supporting local papers is a journalistic lifeline for some communiites #stormlake #afidocs

Not along ago, sitting at a stop sign, a newstand I frequented was shut down.  It’s not an uncommon scene.   In the past 15 years, one in four newspapers have shuttered in the US. With a circulation of almost 3,000 readers this twice-a-week paper, the Storm Lake Times,  is one of the last of its kind.  People don’t support journalism they way they used to.  The whole professionis becoming a…

Where were you on 9-11? I remember vivdly where I was and the paralyzing panic that permeated me for hours on that day. https://wp.me/p2v8yf-54C #911 #afidocs

It was close to 9am in Los Angeles and I was on running in Griffith Park with my APLA (AIDS Project Los Angeles) training group.  Right about that hour, all of our phones simultaneously buzzed.  One right after another.  When I answered mine, it was my Aunt telling me a plane hit the Pentagon.  My father worked at the Pentagon.  We hadn’t heard from him…yet.  My Aunt phoned again , a few moment…

Where were you on 9-11? I remember vivdly where I was and the paralyzig panic that permeated me for hours on that day. #911 #afidocs

It was close to 9am in Los Angeles and I was on running in Griffith Park with my APLA (AIDS Project Los Angeles) training group.  Right about that hour, all of our phones simultaneously buzzed.  One right after another.  When I answered mine, it was my Aunt telling me a plane hit the Pentagon.  My father worked at the Pentagon.  We hadn’t heard from him…yet.  My Aunt phoned again , a few moment…

Having just lost Paul Mooney, this in-depth look at the life of legendary @IAmDick Gregory @showtime couldn't come at a better time. What a blessisng he continues to be. #dickgregory #afidocs

The 60’s brought an onslaught of comic talent whose presence soare like comets for decades. Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Moms Mabley, Paul Mooney and Dick Gregory.  Being from St. Louis, Missouri, I was more than a little familiar with Dick Gregory.  He attended Sumner High School with my Mom and my Uncle (who he shared on spot on the track team wtih).  The world know him as a acerbic comedy talent…

What happened to the Sisters of Immaculate Heart and their diligent fight for equality? Pedro Koss lets it all hang out with @rebelheartsfilm @discoveryplus #afidocs #rebelheartfilm

Ever wonder if Nuns get paid to educate at all those Catholic institutions?  Why do some wear habits and some don’t?  What’s the deal behind those vows? Baby, director Pedro Kos blows the lid off of all it with his new doc Rebel Hearts. When we think about the 60’s and 70’s, the marches for civil, human and women’s rights The Sisters of the Immaculate Heart took their vows to a whole new level…