Surviving the Closet with LGBTQIA+ Author & Activist, Jo DeLuzio
Sitting on the subway, on her way to work, Jo DeLuzio contemplates how she’s managed to survive the closet. A member of the LGBTQIA+ community, Jo didn’t always understand her sexuality. She married...
22 Jul 202426min
Don't Wait till You're 76 to Orgasm! The Pleasure Is All Mine with Filmmaker Vanessa Sandre
Shot in Brazil, in the short film, The Pleasure Is All Mine, Filmmaker Vanesa Sandre raises two pertinent questions: why is female sexuality such a taboo subject? And why is it so rare to see a woman...
15 Jul 20248min
Up, Close & Personal with Actor, Lou Diamond Phillips
You likely remember him as Ritchie Valens in the biographical drama film La Bamba (1987). And for Stand and Deliver (1988) for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and won an Independent Sp...
8 Jul 20249min
Laura Plancarte, Director, Producer & Writer Mexican Dream Official Selection Premier, Hot Docs 2024
How do you regard Latin American women based on what you see in TV & film? Laura Plancarte is the Director, Producer, and Writer of the film Mexican Dream, which was an Official Selection Premier a...
26 Mai 202430min
7 Beats Per Minute with Yuqi Kang, Director and Writer
Do your know your physical and emotional limits? For holding her breath and submerging herself into the depths of the ocean from the Bahamas to Antarctica, Jessea Lu holds several national records in...
20 Mai 20248min
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story with Michael Mabbott, Director, Producer, Writer & Lucah Rosenberg-Lee, Director and Writer
Do you free to live your life and be the person you were meant to be?Hear Jackie Shane sing once and you’ll never forget it. Yet, after shattering barriers as one of pop music’s first Black trans perf...
12 Mai 202413min
Summer Lovin' in the Digital Age with Anneke de Lind van Wijngaarden, Director and Editor of the Documentary Sweeties, Playing at HotDocs
Remember your first summer romance and how it made you feel? Sweeties is a documentary that follows three 14-year-old girls as they embark on a summer holiday with their families to a campsite in t...
5 Mai 202414min
X-Men's "Rogue", Actress & Activist, Lenore Zann
What’s your superpower? For actress and activist, Lenore Zann, best known for playing “Rogue” (based on Marvels comics superhero team) in the X-Men Series, the 90’s X-Men: The Animated Series Disney+ ...
22 Apr 202424min
