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Walking into Massy Books in Chinatown is immediately calming. Shelves have been lovingly stacked with both new and used books from a variety of genres, such as literature, science fiction, critical race studies, and an entire aisle dedicated to Indigenous material. Friendly staff offer suggestions, as well as catch up with regulars who have dropped by to say hello and find their next read. It’s a distinctively Vancouver store for people who take pleasure in the written word.
“The films that I was viewing all explored in one way or another transformation, resilience, and survival. These themes continued to reverberate through all the content I was seeing; in films from Turtle Island, Switzerland, India, Vietnam, and Georgia; in documentaries, narratives, and experimental work. I could feel how deeply queer filmmakers were determined to depict our lives as worth living, worth fighting for, worth celebrating, worth mourning – that we are worthy of seeing and being seen because we are necessary, beautiful, and complex. And that is what you will see at this year’s VQFF.” – Artistic Director Anoushka Ratnarajah on the theme ‘Still here’
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2020 Lineup for Vancouver Queer Film Festival Announced!
Empress 47 Misty Meadows | Photo by Chris Reed
By Kendell Yan
The 40th annual Vancouver Pride Week begins with Pride Premier, a 7-hour 360° party that circles the Vancouver Art Gallery on July 27th, and our Dogwood Monarchist Society Monarchs will be there royally hosting and judging a drag runway competition that you don’t want to miss. Continue reading:
Kick off Vancouver Pride Week with this Year’s Dogwood Society Monarchs
