Fringe! returns to East London from 9th to 14th November with an exhilarating week-long celebration of queer film and culture.
This year’s programme is bigger and better, and more fabulous, than ever. With UK premieres galore and over 100 films from 25 different countries.
There are also bucketloads of iconic sexual health and community events, including two sexy hub venues, where all events have free/PWYC tickets to ensure no one is priced out of queer culture. Enjoy 16 authors queer in the flesh. A week of community joy. Enjoy parties, panels, and 10 events streaming digitally with access provisions.
So, whether you’re in to queer comics, movies, partying, porn, bondage, dealing with your dreadlocks, yoga, finding out how to paint florals, or simply have been trying to work out how to douche properly with out damaging your insides, Fringe Festival is for you.
One show that caught our eye, is the film RAW! UNCUT! VIDEO!:
A love story about fetish porn, this remarkable documentary charts the rise and fall of homegrown gay porn studio Palm Drive Video with jaw-dropping archival footage, devoted interviews, and a dedication to promoting safe and kinky gay sex. Original, joyful, filthy, and a vital part of our history. Legendary leatherman Jack Fritscher met Mark Hemry in 1979 at Harvey Milk’s birthday party – and the two fell head over heels in love. When the AIDS epidemic swept through San Francisco, the couple left the city to begin a new venture: turning a rural ranch in Sonoma County into a safe-sex porn studio that offered viewers new sexual possibilities in an age of plague. Casting rugged non-professional models to explore their unique erotic fantasies onscreen, the studio explored a wild array of queer kinks – and helped champion sex-positivity in the porn industry.
THU NOV 11, 20:45 Rio Cinema
Link to the film & tickets here: https://www.fringefilmfest.com/raw!-uncut!-video!.html
The collection of what’s on offer is truly inspiring, varied and innovative, as any celebration of queer culture should be.
Fringe! Festival Runs 9-14 November. Find out more: https://www.fringefilmfest.com/fringe!-2021/
