A movement that started gaining traction in the 1990s in the world of independent filmmaking, New Queer Cinema continued the tradition of queer cinema that had been championed by pioneers like Jean Cocteau and Chantal Akerman among others. Works from this period were characterised by their subversive treatment of heteronormative narratives and conventional discourses concerning gender identities.
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