Out On Film’s annual celebration of local filmmakers includes a film about a revelatory meeting with a mother; a trans couple of color wrestling with how a new baby will affect their relationship; a widower exploring his attraction to a younger man as he struggles to cope with the recent loss of his husband; a funeral home’s last respects to a drag mother, who's being buried as a man against her dying wishes; a famous reverend struggling with his hidden orientation, visiting a couple who has already gone through the pain of coming out; J-Sette dancers bringing energy, precision and stunts to the floor; a narrative piece about coming out; a drama about a young woman whose car breaks down en route to visit her father who forges a brief revelatory friendship with a local; and a visual/dance piece about the highs and lows of being a Black man.
Sponsored by the Georgia Film Commission
J-Sette dancers bring energy, precision and stunts to the floor, and the Dance Champz of Atlanta are trying to take this underground LGBTQ+ art form to the next level. The roots of J-Setting are in Mississippi, at Jackson State University, where the Prancing J-Settes adapted majorette dancing, losing the batons and bringing in African American and jazz dance influences. Leland Thorpe and his team are on a mission to get the underground version of the dance form taken more seriously in the wider dance world. Thorpe is passionate about bringing more formal technique to the dance, and with his experience in Detroit studying jazz and ballet, he brings a faster pace and more sophistication to the Atlanta style.
- Runtime6 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorFrederick Taylor
- ProducerCharlotte Buchen Khadra
Out On Film’s annual celebration of local filmmakers includes a film about a revelatory meeting with a mother; a trans couple of color wrestling with how a new baby will affect their relationship; a widower exploring his attraction to a younger man as he struggles to cope with the recent loss of his husband; a funeral home’s last respects to a drag mother, who's being buried as a man against her dying wishes; a famous reverend struggling with his hidden orientation, visiting a couple who has already gone through the pain of coming out; J-Sette dancers bringing energy, precision and stunts to the floor; a narrative piece about coming out; a drama about a young woman whose car breaks down en route to visit her father who forges a brief revelatory friendship with a local; and a visual/dance piece about the highs and lows of being a Black man.
Sponsored by the Georgia Film Commission
J-Sette dancers bring energy, precision and stunts to the floor, and the Dance Champz of Atlanta are trying to take this underground LGBTQ+ art form to the next level. The roots of J-Setting are in Mississippi, at Jackson State University, where the Prancing J-Settes adapted majorette dancing, losing the batons and bringing in African American and jazz dance influences. Leland Thorpe and his team are on a mission to get the underground version of the dance form taken more seriously in the wider dance world. Thorpe is passionate about bringing more formal technique to the dance, and with his experience in Detroit studying jazz and ballet, he brings a faster pace and more sophistication to the Atlanta style.
- Runtime6 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorFrederick Taylor
- ProducerCharlotte Buchen Khadra