All posts tagged "reel affirmations"
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Impresario’
'Impresario' is a touching, humorous, emotional and entirely captivating account of Marc Huestis' career and life.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘#LookAtMe’
The pendulum nature of the global LGBTQ rights movement is on breathtaking display in Ken Kwek's #LookAtMe.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Being Thunder’
'Being Thunder' is a thoughtful, powerful coming of age doc about a two-spirit member of the Narragansett tribe.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘A Run for More’
A movie about a woman who is quite aware of the challenges facing her as a trans woman in public but refuses to be defined...
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Reel Affirmations 2022: All The Shorts Reviewed
Our critics review all 23 short films playing virtually in the 29th Reel Affirmations LGBTQ Film Festival.
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Reel Affirmations Review: Blessed Boys
'Blessed Boys,' from Italian director Silvia Brunelli, is tells a memorable story that combines romance and religion.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Manscaping’
'Manscaped' magnificently spotlights three men doing their best to reimagine the barbershop as we know it.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Prognosis: Notes on Living’
'Prognosis' is a powerful documentary following filmmaker Debra Chasnoff in her two-year battle with a cancer that ends her life.
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Reel Affirmations Review: Pat Rocco Dared
'Pat Rocco Dared' largely succeeds as both an introduction and elegy for an incredible participant in and witness to history.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Maybe Someday’
Michelle Ehlen's Maybe Someday is a deeply moving and frequently delightful meditation on rebuilding life after loss.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Small Town Pride’
'Small Town Pride' is a satisfying, feel-good documentary, a reassuring reminder of the strength queer people can find in each other.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Waking Up Dead’
'Waking Up Dead' goes all over the place, all the time, and refuses to pick a spot to land, feeling rushed and incoherent.
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A Complete Guide to Reel Affirmations 29
Started in 1991, Reel Affirmations has been under the umbrella of the DC Center since 2014. We offer a reviewer's guide to all 41 films.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Hello World’
A Norwegian documentary about four 12-to-13 year-old LGBTQ teens going through the highs and lows of being openly queer in school.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Nelly & Nadine’
The story of family and its strengths, as well as the ties that do not always bind and the truths that are not always named.
