A Queer Review of the Austin Film Festival (2023)
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.

Zheka is a war veteran from a small southern town who fixes cable TV and occasionally raps at local weddings. Returning to civilian life, he is completely alone and sees no prospects for his own future, until he learns that he has an 8-year-old daughter he never knew about.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
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