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  • Gays Lesbians of African Descent (GLAD)

    Patricia Koine

    The search for others who shared similar experiences, language and culture was the motivation of Patricia Koine to start GLAD - Gays Lesbians of African Descent.
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  • This Town Sleeps

    Part mystery, part ghost story, a long unsolved murder becomes the singular fixation of an Indigenous American man living in far northern Minnesota as he grapples with his identity and that of his lover, a heavily closeted white man.

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  • Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall

    Katherine Fairfax Wright

    Todrick Hall launches his most ambitious project yet: the full-scale original musical Straight Outta Oz. From a small town in Texas to big-time show business, comes an inspiring documentary of grit, perseverance and the redemptive power of art.

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  • Feeling Reserved, Alexus’ Story

    Jess MacCormack & Alexus Young

    In "Feeling Reserved" Alexus shares her story of a 'starlight tour', a practice of police brutality against First Nations peoples in Canada where individuals are driven out of town, stripped of their coats and shoes and left to freeze to death. In Alexus’ case a couple happened to drive by her and she was saved.

    Genre: Animation
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  • Pet

    NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
    STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER

    "[A] beautiful, genre-expanding debut. . . . Pet is a nesting doll of creative possibilities." -The New York Times

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  • Makeda Silvera

    A writer, community organizer and activist, Makeda Silvera has been part of the cornerstones of Queer Black community in Toronto. In 1983, along with her partner Stephanie Martin, she established the 101 Dewson Street collective house.

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  • Black Divaz

    Adrian Russell Wills

    Black Divaz follows the inaugural Miss First Nation pageant where six Aboriginal drag queens from around Australia battle it out over five days for the coveted crown.

    Genre: Documentary
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  • Paskw‚w Mostos Iskwísis

    Howard Adler, Candy Renae Fox, & Leo Koziol

    Set in the backdrop of colonial violence and the extermination of the buffalo. The Genocide of the buffalo parallels the loss of Queer Indigenous and Two-Spirit knowledge.

    Genre: Shorts
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  • Brew

    Arjana Rambeau, a trans teenager from Baltimore, carries many secrets, one of which is she is a witch. Beginning to start a new school, she finds herself at the center of an unwarranted conspiracy.

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  • Ren Navarro

    In 2016, Ren Navarro was the only queer black woman working in the craft beer industry in Ontario. Since then, she has gone on to become the founder of Beer.Diversity., a business she started in 2018 with an aim to bring more diversity and inclusion to the craft beer business.

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