internalized homophobia

  • Femme – Fantasia 2023

    A drag queen victimized by a homophobic attack seeks vengeance against one of his attackers in Femme. Jules (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) is a London man who performs in drag shows as Aphrodite Banks. While going into a store to buy cigarettes in full make-up, Jules ends up being viciously beaten by a group of thugs including…

  • Moonlight

    The evolution of a young black man at three different points of his life is examined in Moonlight. A young Miami boy nicknamed “Little” (Alex Hibbert) is taken under the wing by kindhearted drug dealer Juan ((Mahershala Ali), who is much more caring than his drug-addicted mother Paula (Naomie Harris). Going by his given name as a…