Remember back in the Dark Ages, before streaming, when everyone was always sad that we had all these channels but nothing was ever on? (Does this paper have readers young enough to not know that agony?!) Anyway, QDoc, Portland’s annual gay and lesbian documentary film festival, presents the opposite problem: There aren’t a ton of movies in each year’s festival, but the movies that are playing are excellent.
I watched a handful of this year’s QDoc selections ahead of time, and as I write this, I realize I must’ve been feeling extra jazz hands-y when I made my selections, because three of the four films I watched—of the 11 at this year’s festival—are about music. My favorite was Rebels on Pointe (screening Sunday May 21, with subject Bobby Carter in attendance), about a troupe of male drag ballet dancers known as Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo.
