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LGBTQ+ Cinema: Stories of Courage and Resistance – DW – 06/06/2025
Producer Igor Myakotin portrays queer life under repressive regimes. Actor Niza Jay breaks with stereotypes, and empowers Black queers. Director Khozy Rizal is revolutionizing Indonesian cinema.
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Film producer Igor Myakotin portrays queer life under the repressive Russian regime. His films 'Queendom' and 'Welcome to Chechnya' have won multiple awards.
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South African actor Niza Jay has been highly-praised globally for breaking with stereotypes and empowering Black queers in 'The Wound' and Phillip Miller's 'Nkoli: The Vogue Opera'.
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Indonesian director Khozy Rizal is revolutionizing cinema in his home country, and made history in Cannes with the film 'Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy'. Together, they are inspiring a new generation of filmmakers and bringing queer diversity onto the screen.
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