2013 | 8 min | HD video, archival SD video & animation

An experimental documentary, juxtaposing playful digital animation with archival footage from the 1995 SF Dyke March and other real-world events and people depicted in the book with contemporary interviews with the real-life Iris to tell the chapter’s story while simultaneously reflecting on the attitudes of the time.  It was created as one of the chapters of the feature film Valencia: The Movie/s, an omnibus film adaptation of Michelle Tea's memoir Valencia (2000). 

Camera Obscura article - “Valencia: The Movie/s: A New Collectivity,” co-written with Liz Clarke, Vol 31, No. 3 (2016).

SELECTED SCREENINGS & AWARDS:

• Jury Award, Best Narrative Feature, REELING: Chicago In'tl LGBT Film Festival
• Best Experimental Feature, POLARI26, Austin, TX
• Cleveland International Film Festival, Cleveland, OH
• Olympia Film Society, Olympia, WA
• Seattle Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Seattle, WA
• Tampa Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Tampa, FL
• Milwaukee LGBT Film Festival, Milwaukee, WI
• Vancouver Queer Film Festival, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• OUTFEST, Los Angeles, CA
• MIX/NY, New York, NY
• World Premiere, 2014 SF Int'l LGBT Film Festival, SF, CA