Carmen & Lola

Art House Pride: "Carmen & Lola" Challenge Their Culture for Love

Spring and Pride go hand in hand every April. This year, the celebrations happen in a virtual state of siege, with conservative politicians zeroing in on transgender youth, throwing legal roadblocks against kids, parents, and the institutions that protect them. In this climate, it might seem frivolous to seek movies dealing with sexual diversity. Then again, that is our racket, pointing you, a curious movie buff, toward any worthy film production that might have fallen through the cracks. As film critic Roger Ebert said, cinema is a machine to generate empathy. And it seems this feeling is scarce in some political circles. Why do they want to suppress a particular group, and what toll does the hate take?