2020 New Orleans Film Festival

Documentary Shorts 3: Looking Back

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6 films in package
Jared Dawson is The Church of Lavonia Elberton
In this portrait film, we meet Jared Dawson, an Atlanta-based drag queen and spiritual leader, and learn how his family’s religious convictions forced him out of his own childhood home, and how he has navigated a new sense of belonging and family within the LGBTQ+ community of Atlanta.
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Coby and Stephen are in Love
Coby Yee, a 92 year old retired nightclub dancer and icon from San Francisco Chinatown, and Stephen King, an experimental filmmaker 20 years her junior have found an unlikely love in each other through matching outfits, dance, and art.
Wishes
The secret yearnings of a child for an alternate identity are traced through a decade of birthday wishes filmed by their mother.
Viewfinder
Every day for the past 23 years, Michael has taken a single picture with a film camera. Each image, more than 8,000 and counting, carries special meaning and is organized by date and stored in suitcases and plastic containers at his farm in rural Minnesota.
Take Me to the Prom
Featuring the high school prom stories of queer people aged 17 to 88, "Take Me To Prom" captures 70 years of LGBTQ social progress through this adolescent milestone.
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Reflecting on the past--through photos, performance, oral histories, or home movies--can stir up all kinds of emotions, from sentimental to regretful. These five shorts open up the participants’ memory boxes and expose the vulnerabilities inside. Featuring the films JARED LAWSON IS THE CHURCH OF LAVONIA ELBERTON, COBY AND STEPHEN ARE IN LOVE, WISHES, VIEWFINDER, and TAKE ME TO THE PROM.


Runtime: 74 minutes


Every day for the past 23 years, Michael has taken a single picture with a film camera. Each image, more than 8,000 and counting, carries special meaning and is organized by date and stored in suitcases and plastic containers at his farm in rural Minnesota. He has never shown them to anyone, but now, as he struggles with the possibility of losing his memory, he ponders his obsession and wonders: Who will care when he’s gone?

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    5 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    USA
  • Premiere
    Southern US
  • Director
    Melody Gilbert
  • Producer
    Melody Gilbert
  • Cinematographer
    Melody Gilbert
  • Editor
    Melody Gilbert
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