8 films to celebrate the Black and queer joy of the holiday season
Rather it be timeless titles or the multitude of new holiday releases that debut each fall, stories centering Black queer characters are regularly absent from holiday movies.
But from Some Kind of Christmas to The Lost Holliday, there are still some treasured film projects that do celebrate what the holidays mean to Black queer men.
And the eight films featured below will warm your heart and serve as a hopeful reminder that our love, our stories, and our representation deserves to be in the canon of holiday film classics..Some Kind of ChristmasSubscribe to Native Son’s newsletter for more news, information, and conversations about Black gay and queer everything.In this 2020 independent feature, filmmaker Davien Harlis puts his twist on a reliable romantic comedy trope.
A newly single man arranges to bring a fake boyfriend home for the holidays. Wrapped into the plot is deep rooted family trauma, a bevy of unearthed secrets, and subtle winks to queer dating culture we all know and love (or possibly hate).
