A look at the stand out gay films, masterpiec, and near-masterpiec of the year.
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As we bid farewell to a terrible year, at least we n remember some excellent films tellg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr stori, says Alex Davidson. * lgbt films 2016 *
The story follows a gay black man, Chiron, through three stag of his early life, along wh his stggl wh self-acceptance, bullyg, and his mother's addictn to crack e. Black gay men rarely get this kd of screen portrayal -- the kd that shows them wh hntg and joyful plexy and receiv glowg reviews om top crics. In a time when so many of the topics addrsed by the film -- poverty, the school-to-prison pipele, homophobia -- rema real issu vulnerable muni and Ameri, is ed a privilege to have a film like PeopleMolly Shannon di over the urse of a year the film Other People.
Inspired by Kelly's experience rg for his dyg mother, Other People also stars Jse Plemons as a gay son tasked to do the same, while figurg his own life out the procs. Gay edic characters rarely, if ever, receive this level of humany and CobraThe lurid tale of Brent Corrigan's early porn reer -- and the murr of a producer stmental to Corrigan's succs -- is the foc of Kg Cobra.
But the animated Disney film is a timely allegory for how xenophobia -- and turn racism and homophobia -- n be ed for polil ga.