The AUDIENCE WINNER for WQ DOCS 2025 is
A DEEPER LOVE: THE STORY OF MISS PEPPERMINT!

With a previously unheard of 100% audience score, this real, emotional and raw film won over the Boston's queer little hearts. We were happy to be graced by Peppermint's presence opening night.

📷 Noreen Jordan

Our wonderful Honorable Mention at this year's WQ:Docs is QUEER AS PUNK! This energetic showcase of chosen family really won over our audience.

#queeraspunk #queerdoc #queerfilm #wqdocs #filmfestival #muslimfilm #musicfilm

Every year at WQ:Docs we have a Best In Show award for one of our short films.. This year, it was a tie!

Congrats to both FRIENDS OF DOROTHY and TWO TRAVELING AUNTIES on Best In Show!

To close off this year's wonderful WQ:DOCS, is MOVE YA BODY: THE BIRTH OF HOUSE

This film starts us out at underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, where a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement.

For more info and tickets, visit our website (link in bio)

To close off this year's wonderful WQ:DOCS, is MOVE YA BODY: THE BIRTH OF HOUSE

This film starts us out at underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, where a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement.

For more info and tickets, visit our website queer.film/wickedqueer

TODAY at WQ:DOCS

We have our annual doc shorts program, Community, Connection, and Visibility: Real Lives Shorts Program as well as SALLY!

For more info about both of these programs, visit our website: queer.film/wickedqueer

WQ:DOCS opening night spotlight is A DEEPER LOVE: THE STORY OF MISS PEPPERMINT. Join us with director Oriel Pe'er and the moment herself, Miss Peppermint, for a Q&A after the screening! This screening is paired with DON'T CRY FOR E ALL YOU DRAG QUEENS,

Today - Fri Nov 14th, 7PM @ The Brattle

The last film in our WQ:DOCS roster this year is MOVE YA BODY: THE BIRTH OF HOUSE. Proudly co-presented with our friends at the Roxbury Int'l Film Festival, this film follows the underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, where a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement.

Introducing: SALLY!

Sally! follows Sally Gearhart’s journey from young professor to beloved community elder, blending archival footage and interviews to capture her complexity. This heartfelt documentary reclaims Gearhart’s legacy as both an icon and a deeply human force for change.

Introducing the Shorts Program for WQ:DOCS 2025:
Community, Connection, and Visibility: Real Lives

Here's a full list of the five shorts in the program below:

We'll Go Down in History
While We Still Have Time
Friends of Dorothy: The Yellow Brick Code
Dancing in Tomorrowland
Two Traveling Aunties

This is a beautiful and intense film delving into Ink, metal, ritual, and spirit. A Body To Live In dives into Fakir Musafar’s Modern Privitivism; a revolutionary vision of the body as art and the self as expression. We know you're curious.

For more info and tickets check out queer.film/wickedqueer

We are so excited to announce that Trans activist, performer, and absolute legend Miss Peppermint will be in attendance for our opening night film: A DEEPER LOVE: THE STORY OF MISS PEPPERMINT

We will also be hosting a Q&A with her after the screening. Come say hi, and get your questions ready.

We are absolutely ecstatic for our opening night film.. Watch the trailer for A DEEPER LOVE: THE STORY OF MISS PEPPERMINT Here! Keep your eyes peeled for an exciting announcement about our screening this Friday 👀

WQ: Docs and Queer Muslims of Boston are proud to present: "Queer as Punk" This film dives into the criminality of being LGBTQ in Muslim-majority Malaysia.

And "Heels to Heal;" A musical documentary celebrating Malaysian queer resilience.

For more info and tickets, visit queer.film/wickedqueer

Proudly presenting with The Jewish Climate Action Newtwork and CineFest Latino Boston - "Brigitte's Planet B" This film is a feature documentary about transgender ecologist Brigitte Baptiste and her fight for the Planet’s future.

For more info and tickets, go to queer.film/wickedqueer

To start out WQ:Docs this year, our opening night film is "A Deeper Love: The Story Of Miss Peppermint,"

Accompanying A Deeper Love is "Don't Cry For Me All You Drag Queens,"

For more info and tickets, visit our website queer.film/wickedqueer

This Thursday, November 6th - In collaboration with the Cambridge Health Alliance and MGH Sexual Health Clinic, Join us for a FREE screening of Fallen Fruit! This will be a night to get to know your local community, with free STI testing on site as well!

For more info, visit: bit.ly/47EVO0i

WE ARE ALL SEEDS OF CHANGE.

Celebrating the progression and evergreen resilience of the Queer community and culture, WQ:Docs presents 7 programs documenting the cultural movements that have shaped global culture and highlighting the changemakers that have pushed the needle forward.

Nov 14th-17th.

It's our first post on BlueSky, so let's go back to the beginning!

In 1984, Programmer George Mansour hosted three weeks of LGBTQ+ films at the Nickelodeon on Comm Ave, and the festival was born.

Check out the full program, including Waters, Visconti, Fassbinder, Carmen Miranda and Bugs Bunny.