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Queer Futures

Queer Futures

4 Episodes

Transcending the rigidity and oppressions of the current moment, this program, produced by Multitude Films and inspired by queer theorist José Esteban Muñoz, taps into joy and dares to imagine radical, emancipated visions of queer life. Four short films explore fat beauty and liberation, gender-affirming healthcare, nonbinary siblinghood in ballroom culture, and the anonymous connections of a decades-old LGBTQ hotline. Just as queer lives subvert normative expectations of behavior, identity, and expression, these films expand the boundaries of nonfiction forms to present new ways of seeing the queer experience.

Shorts
HOW TO CARRY WATER (2023)
MNM (2023)
THE SCRIPT (2023)
THE CALLERS (2024)

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Queer Futures

4 Episodes

  • How to Carry Water
    15:11
    How to Carry Water
    Episode 1

    How to Carry Water

    Episode 1

    Directed by Sasha Wortzel • 2023 • United States

    This punk-rock fairytale doubles as a portrait of Shoog McDaniel, a fat, queer, and disabled photographer working in and around northern Florida’s vast network of freshwater springs, the state’s source of precious drinking water. Bringing Shoog’s ...

  • MnM
    14:49
    MnM
    Episode 2

    MnM

    Episode 2

    Directed by Twiggy Pucci Garçon • 2023 • United States
    Starring Milan Garçon, Mermaid Garçon

    MNM is an exuberant portrait of chosen sisters Mermaid and Milan, two emerging runway divas in the drag ballroom community. Celebrating their joy, siblinghood, and unapologetic personas, the film explore...

  • The Script
    15:04
    The Script
    Episode 3

    The Script

    Episode 3

    Directed by Brit Fryer and Noah Schamus • 2023 • United States

    Blending personal interviews with dramatized genre recreations, THE SCRIPT explores the complicated relationship between trans and nonbinary communities and medical providers regarding gender-affirming care. With a playful approach t...

  • The Callers
    19:48
    The Callers
    Episode 4

    The Callers

    Episode 4

    Directed by Lindsey Dryden • 2024 • United Kingdom

    THE CALLERS combines anonymous documentary testimony with imagined creative scenes to tell the story of those who have called the oldest queer support line in the UK, seeking guidance on everything from where to find the nearest leather club to ...

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