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The Raspberry Reich isn’t for everyone. It’s too smart for porn purists, too filthy for academics, and too communist for Hulu. But for those who believe revolution should be as messy as desire, it’s a manifesto in a jockstrap.

Bruce LaBruce, a former journalist for The Village Voice and a godfather of the Queercore movement, has never been interested in conventional filmmaking. The Raspberry Reich is shot on digital video, giving it a grainy, flat, almost home-movie aesthetic. There are no tracking shots, no dramatic lighting, and the acting ranges from the theatrical to the comatose. This is intentional. The Raspberry Reich -2004-