A fascinating and unusual portrait of artists. In experimental episodes, the film introduces five queer artists: Barbara Hammer, the Black Quantum Futurism Collective consisting of Rasheedah Phillips and Camae Ayewa (aka Moor Mother), Jibz Cameron (aka Dynasty Handbag) and Eileen Myles, all of whom work with very different materials and media. The film accompanies Barbara Hammer during one of her last projects, when she is reflecting on death as her illness progresses. The work of Rasheedah Phillips and Camae Ayewa is presented individually, but above all in the context of the artists’ shared, collective positions. Their art brings together different media, removes time and place from linear narratives, boldly advocates ideas and is both analytical and political. With Jibz Cameron and her performance persona Dynasty Handbag, the film explores her queer version of »weirdness«. It ends with a portrait of Eileen Myles and her revolutionary way of translating desire into words. Whatever media the artists work with – film, literature or performance – their queer practices are always tangible interventions in normative realities.

NewFest writes about Chet Catherine Pancake’s work: »A working artist also worthy of the queer genius epithet, director Chet Catherine Pancake exists on the same plane as their subjects. In turn, Pancake’s lens takes on the intimacy of home video; their interviews, conversation between chosen family.«