PREVIEW: Ahead of the Curve (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

(as themselves) Franco Stevens, Melissa Etheridge, Jewelle Gomez, Lea DeLaria, Kate Kendell, Andrea Pino, Kim Katrin Milan, Denice Frohman, Amber Hikes

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Rivkah Beth Medow (Let Them Eat Dirt), director, producer; Jen Rainin (film debut), director; Meshell Ndegeocello (The House on Coco Road), composer; Svetlana Cvetko (Inside Job) and Clare Major (Belly of the Beast), cinematographers; Jessica Congdon (Miss Representation), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Decades after founding the world’s best-selling lesbian magazine Curve, founder Franco Stevens learns that the publication will fold within the year. To find a way forward, Stevens reaches out to modern queer women to better understand how the magazine can continue to serve the community in the future…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This fun and even inspiring documentary charts the success of entrepreneur Franco Stevens and the popular queer magazine she founded, which still has strong relevance even in today’s LGBTQ+ society.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 4TH JUNE 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND AVAILABLE TO RENT/BUY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS, INCLUDING AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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