Optically printed, hand processed and painted: the film process is manipulated to disrupt viewing expectations on a textual and aesthetic level. This repositions the subject and discourse of gender ambiguity available in the gaze. By shifting the discourse of the gaze, the film implicates viewers in the gazes operating between the filmmaker and her self-identified lesbian butch subjects.
Running Time: 8 Minutes
Format: 16mm, B&W, Silent
Aspect Ratio: 1.33
Year: 2005, Canada/USA
Cast: Becka Barker, Helen Hill (1970-2007), Deirdre Logue, Kelly Krotine, Alexis Rubenstein (1975-2002), and Karyn Sandlos.
Distribution: Canyon Cinema, Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Center and Collectif Jeune Cinéma
2007 Havana International Film Festival
2005 Féstival des Cinèmas Différents Paris
2005 MIXNYC at Anthology Film Archives

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"…[P]rocess must not be viewed as a goal or an end in itself, nor must it be confused with and infinite perpetuation of itself.” – Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, The Anti-Oedipus.


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