Family Outing

Using home movies to depict the inner feelings of a closeted adolescent, “Family Outing” attempts to negotiate a queer position within the conventional family structure. Its ravishing, optically printed images form a haunting commentary on childhood, alienation, love and ultimately renewal. “Bradley re-edits his source material with clinical precision to produce a film of enormous strength which, through image alone, acts as a kind of early warning system for the tsunami of coming out.” – 2001 Antimatter Festival of Underground Short Film & Video, Victoria, BC Selected screenings: “Short Film from the Canadian Underground” International Touring Program, 2002; Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival, Yorkton, SK, 2002; Inside Out Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival, Toronto, ON, 2002; MIX New York: Lesbian & Gay Experimental Film/Video Festival, USA, 2001