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A hybrid of documentary and fiction, Rukus is a queer coming-of-age story set in the liminal spaces of furry conventions, southern punk houses, and virtual worlds.
Rukus
2018 Directed by Brett Hanover
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Brett Hanover Khyber Kitsune Alanna Stewart Bianca Phillips Stan Polson Rukus Sable White Wolf Andrew Gafford Dylan Thompson Morgan Jon Fox Eileen Townsend Jon W. Sparks Sam Klyce Taryn Donley Richard Crowe Adam Craycroft Khyber Daniel Declan Deely Ben Goldstein Rebekka Koch Alice Buchanan Katherine Dohan Leo Ramos Julian Cartwright
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First time I've seen a film/documentary accurately portray what it's like to be a furry in a creative, unique way with genuine heart. The combination of documentary filmmaking, dramatized scenes, and even rough animation gives this film such an authentic, welcoming, and dreamlike feeling.
The furry fandom is often misrepresented as being full of creeps (and as with any fandom/online community there's without a doubt awful people involved), but rarely outside of the community do you get to see the true positive and personal sides that me and many friends of mine share as this film shows. This shows all the experiences people involved have from the intimate lgbt relationships to the mental health, to the artwork that's expressed, to…
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i dont think there is currently a film that exists that is more honest, accurate, and genuine about the furry fandom, and really takes a perspective that imparts a true knowledge and understanding of the kinds of people that are drawn to it, without being gawking or observational or looking from the outside in. really, the film does not feel the slightest bit exploitative and being someone that the film concerns i can tell it comes from a totally sincere place. what hanover has accomplished here is a sense of authenticity that is not only felt through the content but also through the sense of time and place that the film inhabits, as it feels super period-accurate to the time-frame…
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No other film is so true and resonant about exactly me and my kind of life as this one. When Brett releases this online, every person who has lived an online subculture life needs to watch it.
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A marvellous work of auto-fiction that begins as an assessment of the Furry community but unravels into multiple directions about reconciling the multitudes of one’s self in real, virtual, and imaginary worlds.
The film may have no budget, but the narrative and ‘acting’ are remarkable.
As it played I was reminded of the early films of Gregg Araki and it was fitting, if however saddening, for explicit references to be made to his films, particularly Mysterious Skins.
The film can be viewed for free on the streaming platform NoBudge.
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He found a place to hide,
but just for a little while—
Hit so close to home it feels unreal. A revelation.
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I'm relogging this film just to put up that the director has made the film available for free www.rukusmovie.com/
I strongly suggest checking it out! The ONLY good furry movie
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A scrappy camcorder DIY mumbly movie set in the Deep South. Through its clairity and big hearted honesty it never comes off twee or ironic. You can feel the humidity.
“Have you ever heard of the movie Mysterious Skin?”
“I knew you were full of helpful art fag shit” -
It’s doubtful that if this were an outside-observer’s anthropological examination of furry culture it would have meant as much to the community it depicts. I doubt Bronies gather around to watch that one Netflix documentary as a community, for instance, whereas past public screenings listed on Rukus’s website (where you can now watch the film in its entirety, for free) include multiple furry conventions. It’s tough to suppose whether that’s because Hanover & crew tapped into something deeply true about furries in particular or if the movie moreso taps into something universally true about the roles of community & identity in our larger modern digital hellscape while inviting furries along for the ride. Either way, it’s the exact kind of ambitious, challenging filmmaking you’d hope to see from no-budget outsider artists passionate about their craft but locked outside official means of production.
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A courageous experiment, mixing fiction with documentary/memoir, to tell a "coming-of-age" story more honest than any I have ever seen. The scenes which explore the filmmaker's first sexual relationships are intimate without being explicit, shot with an endearing modesty while including dialogue and acting that seems as "realistic" as the documentary footage that surrounds them.
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An amazing blend of documentary of fiction. It uses so many methods of visual and audio means to document the story of real life people going through a modern coming of age story, from a niche world that isn't talked about in that much a positive light, the furry community. Sure, it is full of toxic people but that's most fandoms honestly, I feel the media goes for the most insane people to spotlight for easy content. I think this is a much more interesting and fresh perspective, not to mention I think it speaks to that internet loving side of me, that I grew up on, and not to mention I know so many furries myself as close friends so it's great to see good representation for them, and not in some pandering way either. It's upfront and sincere! It's also on the director's site for free and on YouTube for free. So, you should check it out.
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