PRIMAVERA
stand up, fight back!
PRIMAVERA
2020 | HD | Color | TRT: 5:00
Primavera is a frenetic experimental animation that documents the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests as they intersect in springtime Brooklyn. Shot during isolation on a phone, the video explores the effects of imposed distance on touch and intimacy, the proximity of an invisible virus and invisible deaths and the revolt against the racist, corrupt systems that commodify, exploit and render their most vulnerable citizens disposable. The video also parallels the current uprisings with the queer liberation movement which began as a riot at Stonewall and was led in large part by trans people of color who still experience violence at disproportionate rates.
SELECTED SCREENINGS | EXHIBITIONS
Installation view of Primavera in MOURNING IS AN ACT OF LOVE curated by Susannah Smith for the SF Urban Film Fest where the video was projected on the side of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California.
2021 59th Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan. WINNER, George Manupelli Founder's Spirit Award
2021 SF Urban Film Festival, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
2021 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
2021 Both Sides Now 6 - Viral Futures, Hong Kong
2021 CROSSROADS by the SF Cinematheque, Roxie Theater, San Francisco, California. Opening Night Program
2021 Protest Program, VDB TV, Video Data Bank, Chicago, Illinois
2021 Light Matter Film Festival, Alfred, New York
2021 Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival, Chicago, Illinois
2021 Festival Oodaaq, Rennes, France
2021 Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany. Opening Night Ceremony
2021 Athens International Film + Video Festival, Athens, Ohio
2021 AAFF Presents, Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2022 Queer City Cinema Film Festival, Regina, Canada
2022 Toronto Queer Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
