Onir on Strengthening Queer Gaze in Cinema

Onir on Strengthening Queer Gaze in Cinema

The award-winning director of critically-acclaimed films like “I Am” rejects the cisgender-heteronormative gaze and advocates for queer narratives told by queer people themselves.

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