Give as a gift
This series of short films detail how we connect with others - including a filmmaker comparing his marriage to his parents; two men in a bar engaging in a forbidden dance; two long-haired trans men falling in love; a fateful encounter in a bathroom; and a young man trying to come out to his mother.
In this experimental documentary, filmmaker Jonathan Wysocki interweaves personal and historical audiovisual elements to raise questions about the past, present, and future of American institutions. Visually, the film juxtaposes Super 8mm footage from two eras: Wysocki’s parents’ “traditional” straight wedding in 1970 and his own “non-traditional” queer marriage in 2018. Aurally, it combines 1970 audio from the Apollo 13 mission with a Republican Representative’s fervent opposition to the Respect for Marriage Act in 2022. Through commentary and contradiction, the media amalgam contemplates the notion of “tradition” and “progress” within American institutions, which appear fixed to some but fluid to others.
This series of short films detail how we connect with others - including a filmmaker comparing his marriage to his parents; two men in a bar engaging in a forbidden dance; two long-haired trans men falling in love; a fateful encounter in a bathroom; and a young man trying to come out to his mother.
In this experimental documentary, filmmaker Jonathan Wysocki interweaves personal and historical audiovisual elements to raise questions about the past, present, and future of American institutions. Visually, the film juxtaposes Super 8mm footage from two eras: Wysocki’s parents’ “traditional” straight wedding in 1970 and his own “non-traditional” queer marriage in 2018. Aurally, it combines 1970 audio from the Apollo 13 mission with a Republican Representative’s fervent opposition to the Respect for Marriage Act in 2022. Through commentary and contradiction, the media amalgam contemplates the notion of “tradition” and “progress” within American institutions, which appear fixed to some but fluid to others.