Battle of Soho (2017)
• May 1st, 2017 • 1h 41min
Documentary
Overview
In November 2014 the Iconic club Madame Jojos closed its doors. This event being interpreted by many as the death knell of Soho.The gentrification of Soho affects the LGBT community and its Drag Queen sub-culture, but the cabaret atmosphere of the entire neighborhood in enormous ways. This active pursuit to destroy a bubbling and vibrant part of the city's heart is viewed by many as an atrocity akin to turning the lights off on Broadway. Over 3rd of London's music venues have been closed in recent years and no one noticed. An active movement to bring a halt to this disaster has begun to unfold with one organization after another emerging to fight for Soho. Organizations made up of citizens and celebrities have sprung up to combat this onslaught. Will they win this battle and save Soho?
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Reiwa Uprising
Released on: 2019-11-02
Documentary
Kazuo Hara follows Ayumi Yasutomi, a transgender candidate, who is also a Tokyo University professor...
Laerte-se
Released on: 2017-05-18
Documentary
In this film, Laerte conjugates the body in the feminine, and scrutinizes concepts and prejudices. N...
Yo soy Alma
Released on: 2022-10-20
Documentary
Alma is a trans woman who was born in Santa Rosa, a small town in the province of Córdoba, Argentina...
Out of Uganda
Released on: 2023-06-20
Documentary
Philip, Lynn, Hussein and Shammy, young LGBT Ugandans, are fighting for survival. Staying in their c...
The Story of Rock 'n' Roll Comics
Released on: 2011-07-01
Documentary
Todd Loren, whose scandalous series of unauthorized comic book biographies of rock stars enraged and...
All Out! Dancing in Dulais
Released on: 1986-01-01
Documentary
Dancing in Dulias was made by members of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) and Lesbians Ag...
This is Jessica
Released on: 2021-08-15
Documentary
Jessica Bair, a longtime LGBTQIA+ rights advocate with Human Rights Campaign, shares her struggle to...
Trans*BUT — Fragments of Identity
Released on: 2015-04-16
Documentary
Fragmentary perspectives on Human Rights and transgender (trans*) People in Turkey. What remains at...
Welcome to Chechnya
Released on: 2020-01-26
Documentary
This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront ...
Disclosure
Released on: 2020-06-19
Documentary
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about t...
Living with AIDS
Released on: 1988-07-19
Documentary
The compelling story of Todd Coleman, a 22-year-old gay man with AIDS, and those who cared for him d...
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
Released on: 2021-08-24
Documentary
Caitlyn Jenner's unlikely path to Olympic glory was inspirational. But her more challenging road to ...
Homotherapy: A Religious Sickness
Released on: 2019-11-19
Documentary
In 2019, some still consider homosexuality as a disease that needs to be cured. Focusing on movement...
Love in the Time of Corona
Released on: 2021-06-08
Documentary
A video essay by Mark Rappaport, which spans René Magritte and Michelangelo to Bonnie & Clyde. Let’s...
In France with Madonna
Released on: 2022-10-17
Documentary, TV Movie
France is at the heart of Madonna's life. She is inspired by French culture and its values and has s...
Mr. Gay Syria
Released on: 2018-09-06
Documentary
In focusing his attention on the competitors of Mr Gay Syria, director Ayse Toprak shatters the one-...
Make Me Famous
Released on: 2023-02-17
Documentary
An investigation of Edward Brezinski, an ambitious, charismatic Lower East Side painter hell-bent on...
I'm a Porn Star
Released on: 2013-08-17
Documentary, Comedy
I'm a Porn Star follows the lives of guys in the neighborhood who are likely a lot more famous than ...
It Gets Better
Released on: 2012-02-21
Documentary
Inspired by the It Gets Better Project this documentary film follows the stories of three real-life ...