January 27
LGBT World BesideInternational Holocaust Remembrance Day. Why the heinous crimes committed by the Nazis against thousands of queer people must never, ever be forgotten. Gay men in a Nazi concentration camp. It…
Sundance 2020: How VFX Pulled ‘Welcome to Chechnya’ Out of the Shadows — Exclusive.
Filmmaker David France deployed pioneering VFX in order to disguise subjects whose lives were threatened by a hostile homophobic culture. One key role that documentarians play is to bring back…
A native of Chechnya complained about the “expulsion of the genie” with a stick and tranquilizers.
Aminat Lorsanova stated that she had been subjected to violence in Grozny by close relatives and a specialist in “expelling genies” invited by them. The girl who left Russia with…