Hai cercato: Softer
Softer / 2019
In the final days of the American Civil War, Ishmael prepares to leave his life as a slave for freedom. However, before he departs, he has to end the problematic sexual relationship with his master, Mr. Charlie, in order to fully survive in the new world as whole as he can be. Adapted by queer black-Filipino playwright Roger Q. Mason from his original stage play, SOFTER uses a historical lens in order to explore contemporary issues of consent and race within the LGBT community.
Softer / 2021
Softer examines the demands of "softening" that are requested of Black women's bodies in society---from job prospects to romantic ones---be that in their voice, their manners, and, critically, their hair. The experimental short plays upon the grooming rituals of softening that are terrifyingly rough through a recreation of a permanent wave machine produced perm (popular in the 1930s-1950s). The short mediates on the historical ways in which Black women have tried to answer this demand on softness through respectable appearance and behavior.
A Softer Touch / 2009
Theo and Jacob were just after a good night of Drugs, Alcohol and perhaps some lovin. They ended up with much more than they anticipated. This short film was actually filmed in 2005 but has just got a release though imdb and youtube.
Softer Catwalk in Collapsing Rooms / 1999
In Softer Catwalk in Collapsing Rooms, Mik’s characteristically confused, quasi-mechanically moving ‘extras’ move slowly through a building’s interior until, bit by bit, in collapses into a ruin – a little like the structures through which visitors to Mik’s work must often venture.
The Softer Kiss / 2023
Can a kiss be a slap? The film is a sneak peak in the life of two same-sex lovers. The rush of the initial dates that is so evident on the pink cheeks, should it be hidden or displayed as a rebellion