
MEG SHUTZER + BRANDON YADEGARI MORENO | USA | 2023 | 23 MIN | ENGLISH
MEG SHUTZER + BRANDON YADEGARI MORENO | USA | 2023 | 23 MIN | ENGLISH
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.
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.
This film is about a self- identified dyke -- a masc lesbian in her 50’s. She is someone we rarely get to see on screen but a person we know you will fall in love with. What Malia Spanyol is doing is not just opening a bar, she is creating a space where queer people don’t have to be so vigilant, where the younger generation of queer people can experience home and connection in ways they never have.
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.
This film is about a self- identified dyke -- a masc lesbian in her 50’s. She is someone we rarely get to see on screen but a person we know you will fall in love with. What Malia Spanyol is doing is not just opening a bar, she is creating a space where queer people don’t have to be so vigilant, where the younger generation of queer people can experience home and connection in ways they never have.
Meg Shutzer
Brandon Yadegari Moreno
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