Safety State
Shorts Block 3 - November 1 at 4PM
Synopsis
AIn the dystopian near future, a gay and a lesbian couple form an unlikely friendship as they flee the midwest for safety in New England.
As rights are being rolled back and travel bans are going into effect, Shay and Quincy decide to leave their home in Ohio and travel East to a safety state where it is safe and legal to be queer. They meet up with another couple, Jacob and Michael, so together they can pose as straight married couples. Quincy takes an instant dislike to her new "husband", Jacob, as she resents depending on the men and pretending to be straight. As they face different threats on their journey, they form an unlikely friendship.
Runtime: 15 minutes 35 seconds
Content advisory: This film includes depictions or themes of homophobia.
Directed by: Jeanette L. Buck
Jeanette Buck is an independent writer and director in film and theater. She is 2023 recipient of the Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Award for Excellence in Media. Her critically acclaimed feature film debut Out of Season, was honored at the Los Angeles Outfest where she received the Outstanding Emerging Talent award. The film was screened in film festivals nationally and internationally, and was theatrically distributed and released. Her short films Quiet on Set, Heather Has Four Moms, Lie Together, Kiss on the Bosphorus, and Texting: A Love Story have screened at 100s of festivals, including Cineffable Paris Int'l Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival, San Francisco Frameline, LAOutfest, NewFest, BFI Flare- London LGBT Film Festival, Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival, and New York NewFest. There Are No Strangers, her autobiographical one-woman play, premiered in Washington DC at Theater J. Theater directing credits include: Rhinocerous, Beautiful Thing, Gretty Good Time, Open Hearts, Father John says a Hail Mary, Miracles, and Swimming to America. http://jeanettebuck.com/
Safety State
Shorts Block 3 - November 1 at 4PM