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MOMA: Another Wave: Global Queer Cinema, Part One
Jul 14th, 2024 by Viviane
July 5–21, 2006
Another Wave: Global Queer Cinema brings together a broad palette of international queer cinema produced since the late 1980s. Though North America and Western Europe are often recognized for their prolific output of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender film and media, a wide range of works from sub-Saharan Africa, India, New Zealand, Thailand, Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico, Israel, and China is less often made available. While the globalization, if not homogenization, of film narrative and form takes further hold on the public imagination and the film industry in general, international queer filmmakers continue to test the possibilities of film and media aesthetics. More important, this new wave of queer filmmakers investigates cinematic form in relation to the complexities of their sexual identities and the world in which they live. This is the first part of a two-part series that concludes in September.
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