TRUE MAGAZINE
Film Reviews
by Kwyn Bader
1995 – 1996
Working as a film journalist, Kwyn penned reviews of independent and foreign films for True, a London, UK based urban music, culture and style magazine - working on assignment for its film section Editor Ayo Roach.
Below are a brief couple of snippets from Kwyn's review of a documentary by Marlon Riggs:
FROM REVIEW OF BLACK IS, BLACK AIN'T by Kwyn Bader
...Marlon Riggs stood at the center of a cultural battle waged in America over free speech and public funding for the arts. He unapologetically celebrated the black gay identity in his video, Tonges Untied, which prompted conservatives like Jesse Helms and talk show host Rush Limbaugh to rally support for the abolishment of public television funding...
...winner of the Filmmakers Trophy at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival, this picture is less film and more video dialogue - a melange of interviews, performance and music. Sometimes simplistic, it is most provocative and insightful when it is not trying for form over content. When it's just people getting together and talking...