Micheal Rice

BLACK AS U R: Shedding light on the intersection of Blackness and queerness

By: C Icart, Staff Writer Content warning: descriptions of anti-Black violence, homophobia, transphobia, and trans misogyny From August 11–21, Out On Screen hosted the Vancouver Queer Film Festival for the 34th year. The festival “is the largest queer arts event in Western Canada.” This year it was presented by RBC and had both in-person and online screenings. Out of the 97 films shown this year, I chose to watch BLACK AS U R.  It included an Indigenous welcome from Sempúlyan, a Two-Spirited Squamish man.  Theatre and film director Michael Rice filmed this documentary in New York at the height of…

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