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Singing Seas
Short Film (Full Length) – 1989
13 Dec 2021 - 01.42pm
This is quite a wonderful, strange creation myth for gay culture in the Pacific Islands. A mini-opera in 9 minutes that reveals, in a rather campy manner, how gays came to in existence through the blue sea, obviously why in some cultures even today, gays are called Blues.
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