Baloney: A Queer Male Burlesque Documentary
Director & Script: Joshua Guerci
Producer: Jethro Patalinghug, Marc Smolowitz
USA, 2021, 70 min, English with Hebrew subtitles
Festivals:
Frameline: San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival 2021
Outfest: Los Angeles LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2021
SQFF: Seattle Queer Film Festival 2021
TIGLFF: Tampa Bay International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2021
Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival 2021
Reel Pride Film Festival Winnipeg, Canada 2021
“BALONEY” tells the surprising story of a male queer Burlesque theater that is composed of gay and straight men and one cisgender woman, all of them residents of San Fransisco. The entertaining show includes dance, theater and striptease and takes its viewers on a fantasy journey. It features plenty of confessions about love and sexuality in the 21st century, of work in the sex industry, pornography, dates, different types of manhood and plenty of challenges that compose the life in a big gay city such as San Fransisco.
Filmmaker Joshua Guerci takes the audience behind the scenes of the show and introduces the couple behind the idea. The film also follows the artists who are part of the show and tells their personal stories with humor, love of humanity. It also touches how the Covid pandemic influenced the show and its artists.
A charming and heartwarming film.
Viewing is 18+.
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