Speed Sisters
Five Palestinian women pursue their passion for car racing – and smash stereotypes at the same time – in this high-energy pic. See review and showtimes.
>>> Gayby Baby
Gus is obsessed with professional wrestling, Ebony sort of wants to become a pop star,Graham has a hard time reading, and Matt is questioning religion. What’s their common denominator? They’re all Australian, between 11 and 12 and are being raised by same-sex parents. See review and showtimes.
>>> Out To Win
No question the tide is turning in the U.S. on LGBT issues, and nowhere is this more evident than in the sports world. See review and showtimes.
>>> The Visit
You know all of those sci-fi thrillers where aliens land and it turns out the world’s governments have secret protocols for just such an event? Well, that little detail is real – except that the protocols aren’t secret. See review and showtimes.
>>> A Sinner In Mecca
In his follow-up to A Jihad For Love, Parvez Sharma makes himself the focus while fulfilling his Islamic duty by making a pilgrimage to Mecca. He takes a lot of risks while he’s at it: he’s a Sunni among millions of Shi’ites, he’s carrying a camera, and he’s a gay man. See review and showtimes.
>>> Southern Rites
On January 29, 2011, in Montgomery County, Georgia, an elderly white man shot and killed a young black man whom he discovered in his home with his daughter. As Gillian Laub reveals in Southern Rites, the case is a lot more complex than its summary. See review and showtimes.
3 Still Standing
Comedians Will Durst, Johnny Steele and Larry “Bubbles” Brown seemed poised for stardom during the stand-up boom of the 80s, but it never quite happened. See review and showtimes.
Live From New York!
Bao Nguyen’s flashy, superficial documentary celebrating the 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Live plays like a skipping stone over the surface of the show’s history. See review and showtimes.
>>> Exotica, Erotica, Etc.
This visually spectacular hymn to the beauty of the sea and the (mostly) male workers who labour aboard ships is a trip. See review and showtimes.
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