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

Category
2020 MOFF Awards, 8/8 Eastern Prom, MOFF 2020