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MEG SHUTZER + BRANDON YADEGARI MORENO | USA | 2023 | 23 MIN | ENGLISH

MEG SHUTZER + BRANDON YADEGARI MORENO | USA | 2023 | 23 MIN | ENGLISH

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Synopsis

There hasn't been a lesbian bar in San Francisco for almost a decade. Driven by nostalgia for a time when queer women had spaces, Malia Spanyol, a self-identified dyke, sets out to build one for the next generation of women and femmes.

Filmmaker Bio

Brandon is a documentary cinematographer and director whose work touches on themes spanning migration, Indigenous sovereignty, queerness, and climate justice across the American West and Latin America. He holds a master’s degree from Berkeley Journalism. Through an intimate filmmaking style, he strives to tell deeply reported, character-driven stories that humanize and uplift participants and their communities. Meg and Brandon are co-founders of Family Pictures, a production company composed of journalists and filmmakers who combine original reporting and cinematic vision to craft non-fiction stories.

Filmmaker Bio

Meg is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and investigative journalist. She has a BA from Harvard and a Master’s in Journalism from UC Berkeley. Her narrative storytelling seeks to interrogate power structures, particularly within the criminal justice system. Meg’s documentaries have screened on five continents and won numerous awards at film festivals. Her recent investigation into a juvenile detention center was published in The NYTimes and released on PBS this April. When Meg isn’t chasing down a story, you can find her teaching journalism at San Quentin State Prison. Meg and Brandon are co-founders of Family Pictures, a production company composed of journalists and filmmakers who combine original reporting and cinematic vision to craft non-fiction stories.

Producer

Meg Shutzer

Cinematographer

Brandon Yadegari Moreno

Cast

  • Malia Spanyol
  • Chloe Sherman
  • Eileen Loera
  • Gianna DeMaria
  • Olivia Ewert…
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