My Quick Take: I think the low budget, dark cinematography, and amateur acting in this film can pose a challenge in holding the interest of some viewers. However, this film addresses important questions and issues around identity for lesbian and queer women. We also get to see women through women’s perspectives without a focus on male gaze.
Synopsis: Max (Guinevere Turner) is introduced to Ely (V.S. Brodie), a slightly older and quirky woman. Max and Ely develop an attraction to one another, but Max learns that Ely is in a long distance relationship. Meanwhile, Max's roommate, Kia (T. Wendy McMillan), helps her girlfriend, Evy (Migdalia Melendez), with family issues.
Representation: This film adequately includes various lesbian identities, including those that are often left out of queer and lesbian representation. They use identity terms such as “butch” and “dyke” to describe themselves and the queer and lesbian women that they know. The film also explicitly addresses some stereotypes and other concepts among lesbian and queer women, such as the concept of “lesbian bed death” that claims committed lesbian couples have less sex than other couples. There is also a focus on sex, and while it is a real and relevant topic, it could contribute to the promiscuous stereotype that lesbians and queer women are often connected to.
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