Encore! Our ImageOut Short Film series are having a second week of availability - you now have until 27 October to order this program
Our 2024 Shorts Programs are made possible through the generosity of long-time ImageOut supporters David D. Emert and Jon P. Templin.
Film resides at the intersection of identity and politics. A filmmaker sharing a story with the community is political. The Queering Democracy: Film, Identity and Politics shorts program carves out spaces for us to exist and to be represented authentically. These stories remind us that whatever happens in November, art will continue to help us make sense of it all—for better or worse. Don’t miss this poignant and timely line-up!
The films highlighted in this series are intended as a companion to the ImageOut Art exhibit showing at Rochester Contemporary Art Center (137 East Avenue) from October 4 – November 16 (Opening: Friday, October 4: 6pm – 9pm).
In the dystopian near future, a gay and a lesbian couple form an unlikely friendship as they flee the midwest for safety in New England.
As rights are being rolled back and travel bans are going into effect, Shay and Quincy decide to leave their home in Ohio and travel East to a safety state where it is safe and legal to be queer. They meet up with another couple, Jacob and Michael, so together they can pose as straight married couples. Quincy takes an instant dislike to her new "husband", Jacob, as she resents depending on the men and pretending to be straight. As they face different threats on their journey, they form an unlikely friendship.
- Year2024
- Runtime16 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorJeanette L. Buck
- ScreenwriterJeanette L. Buck, Rani Deighe Crowe
- CastCaitlin Lopez, Jane Reagan, Alan Tyson, Stephen Woosley
- CinematographerWenting Fisher
- EditorBonnie Rae Brickman
- MusicElizabeth Ziff
Encore! Our ImageOut Short Film series are having a second week of availability - you now have until 27 October to order this program
Our 2024 Shorts Programs are made possible through the generosity of long-time ImageOut supporters David D. Emert and Jon P. Templin.
Film resides at the intersection of identity and politics. A filmmaker sharing a story with the community is political. The Queering Democracy: Film, Identity and Politics shorts program carves out spaces for us to exist and to be represented authentically. These stories remind us that whatever happens in November, art will continue to help us make sense of it all—for better or worse. Don’t miss this poignant and timely line-up!
The films highlighted in this series are intended as a companion to the ImageOut Art exhibit showing at Rochester Contemporary Art Center (137 East Avenue) from October 4 – November 16 (Opening: Friday, October 4: 6pm – 9pm).
In the dystopian near future, a gay and a lesbian couple form an unlikely friendship as they flee the midwest for safety in New England.
As rights are being rolled back and travel bans are going into effect, Shay and Quincy decide to leave their home in Ohio and travel East to a safety state where it is safe and legal to be queer. They meet up with another couple, Jacob and Michael, so together they can pose as straight married couples. Quincy takes an instant dislike to her new "husband", Jacob, as she resents depending on the men and pretending to be straight. As they face different threats on their journey, they form an unlikely friendship.
- Year2024
- Runtime16 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorJeanette L. Buck
- ScreenwriterJeanette L. Buck, Rani Deighe Crowe
- CastCaitlin Lopez, Jane Reagan, Alan Tyson, Stephen Woosley
- CinematographerWenting Fisher
- EditorBonnie Rae Brickman
- MusicElizabeth Ziff