In this episode of our podcast, we sit down with film critic Misha Zakharov to discuss his unique journey growing up as an openly LGBTQI+ person in Russia, his passion for cinema, and how he has used film as a form of protest. Misha shares his experiences studying cinema and the impact it has had on his perspective, as well as the challenges he faced as a member of the LGBTQI+ community in Russia. He also delves into the process of showcasing prohibited films and the impact it has had on raising awareness and sparking change.

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Films:

Aftersun by Charlotte Wells

Benediction by Terence Davies

Eastern Boys by Robin Campillo

Great Freedom by Sebastian

Meise Hammer and Sickle by Sergey Livnev

Irma Vep (TV series) by Olivier Assayas

It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives by Rosa von Praunheim

My Good Hans by Aleksandr Mindadze

Rebel Dykes by Harri Shanahan, Sian Williams

Volga Volga by Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe

Wings by Larisa Shepitko

Books:

Beautiful Lives, Radical Experiments by Saidiya Hartman

Teaching to Transgress by Bell Hooks

The Gentrification of the Mind by Sarah Schulman

Personalities:

Alice Wu

Andrew Ahn

Isabel Sandoval

Jose Esteban Munoz

Konstantin Somov

Patrick Wang

Yegveny Kharitonov

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