After one week off, Triangle TV's Sunday evening festival of iconic Kiwi-made LGBT films and documentaries continue this weekend with some short docos about transgender New Zealanders. Sunday date: Ramon Te Wake Sunday Night Out was replaced by a two-hour special fundraising programme for Tonga ferry victims and their families last weekend, but resumes at 9:30pm this Sunday. June's Story - a scandalous tale of being a transgender man in the 1920's - begins this week's line-up of three documentaries. Later, Transgender in Jail explores what happens to trans people in Kiwi jails, and The Making of Ramon is the biographical look at musician and transwoman Ramon Te Wake. All three documentaries were produced by Maordi TV's Takataapui series. Upcoming Sundays see iconic LGBT Kiwi films showcased including Squeeze and Fifty Ways of Saying Fabulous. The complete Sunday Night Out schedule is here. Triangle TV is available in central Auckland (check tuning details here) and nationwide on via Stratos TV (available on Freeview). BROKEBACK'S BACK Meanwhile, TVNZ has announced that it will repeat Brokeback Mountain, the Oscar-winning story of cowboy love. The film is scheduled for 8:30pm on Saturday 12 September on TVOne. Its premiere screening on the channel was a ratings success in April last year. On the video below: The trailer for Triangle TV's Sunday Night In series.
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First published: Friday, 4th September 2009 - 6:15pm