The artist fights for her voice in a world that doesn’t want her to speak. She risks her work being dismissed and herself declared “complicated”, “uncertain” or “irrelevant” unless she can define herself within a certain category. Only when her work is validated by a male authority does the work gain notice.

"The Q&A for Artist Statement at CUFF was one of the strangest and best I’ve had. The film arose from the frustration of making work that doesn’t fit neatly into a box. I can’t remember what prompted it, but in the Q&A I said that historically the inability to categorize a female filmmaker’s work was used as a reason to dismiss her, while a male filmmaker would tend to be praised for his range. I hadn’t meant to say something quite so blunt and I had an out of body experience as the theater went silent. Bryan finally said, “well there you have it,” or something similar and the room reanimated. The audience response was actually favorable and I had wonderful conversations in the bar as a result." - Shayna Connelly