Welcome to Chechnya - Metro Weekly - July 9 2020
The Great Escape: David France shares inside details about Welcome to Chechnya, his powerful new documentary about LGBTQ refugees running for their lives. Interview by André Hereford
The Great Escape: David France shares inside details about Welcome to Chechnya, his powerful new documentary about LGBTQ refugees running for their lives. Interview by André Hereford
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Contents<br />
<strong>July</strong> 9, <strong>2020</strong> Volume 27 Issue 9<br />
9<br />
THE RETURN OF RUFUS<br />
Rufus Wainwright has reemerged after years away with new music<br />
reflective of his age and our times.<br />
By Doug Rule<br />
THE GREAT ESCAPE<br />
David France shares inside details about <strong>Welcome</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Chechnya</strong>,<br />
his powerful new documentary about LGBTQ refugees<br />
running for their lives.<br />
Interview by André Hereford<br />
22<br />
31<br />
GUARD UP<br />
Charlize Theron kicks a lot of ass in Netflix’s superhuman<br />
action thriller The Old Guard.<br />
By Rhuaridh Marr<br />
OUT ON THE TOWN p.5 SPOTLIGHT: NISHA GANATRA p.11<br />
THE FEED: BRAGGING ABOUT BIGOTRY p.13 BRUTAL BEATING p.14<br />
VIRAL VACATION p.15 UNJUST DESSERTS p.16 DEMANDING JUSTICE p.17<br />
BASELESS BAN p.18 CARING KAIJU p.19 GALLERY: BY THE PEOPLE ART FAIR p.28<br />
FILM: MUCHO MUCHO AMOR p.30 MUSIC: RUFUS WAINWRIGHT p.32<br />
VINTAGE SCENE p.33 LAST WORD p.35<br />
Washing<strong>to</strong>n, D.C.’s Best LGBTQ Magazine for 26 Years<br />
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Contributing Edi<strong>to</strong>rs André Hereford, Doug Rule Senior Pho<strong>to</strong>graphers Ward Morrison, Julian Vankim Contributing Illustra<strong>to</strong>rs David Amoroso, Scott G. Brooks<br />
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