OUR TRAILS TOO
2020 MOFF Official Selection
About This Project
2020 MOFF Award Winner:
Emerging Filmmaker Award
Filmmaker:
Eli Haan and Emilia Quinton
Total Running Time:
0:30:48
Filming Location:
United States
Filmmaker Origin:
United States
Synopsis:
In one of the whitest cities in the USA, a queer African American woman disrupts the outdoor adventurer stereotype.
Thoughts from the filmmaker:
Our Trails Too is more than a hero’s journey. What feels special about our subject Mercy’s leadership is that her work to transform the outdoors is community-focused and – by design – it’s a direct subversion of oppressive structures within which we exist. From a creative perspective, we took inspiration from these themes of subversiveness and liberation in the structural approach to the narrative. It was the goal of our team to invite the audience into an experience that reflects a journey of thoughtful pattern-disruption toward healing.
This film to be screened at:
8/08/20 – Eastern Promenade – Portland
