The QUARE In There
Shot in Oakland, California, The “QUARE” In There explores individuals whose lives demonstrate the value of complexity and self-definition. Roman, transman and LGBTQ advocate, defies the gender binary, while Brooklyn pushes its boundaries as a masculine-of-center woman. DJ Lady Ryan, Chaney, Nenna, Sienna, and Ursula Rucker all explore the body, the voice, and movement through space as sources of liberation. With words, music, and everpresent style, TQIT pays homage to Black queer subjectivity.
Due to film festival submissions, only the trailer is posted here. See www.thequareinthere.com for screenings.
Release Date: 2015/ 2016
Running Time: 16 mins
Produced, Directed, and Edited: Taryn Lee Crenshaw
Must All Be Fed
Weaving past and present, Must All Be Fed unfolds the fabric of history for one "modern" Black family. Threads of tradition outline the legacy of the Brown family as the surviving elders trace back memories and values from old times to new. In this short documentary film, the voices of two matriarchs reflect the strength of ancestry and what it truly means to "pass it on."
Release Date: 2015
Running Time: 11:55 mins
Produced, Directed, and Edited: Taryn Lee Crenshaw
Something Different
A bay area queer family works to disrupt social norms around race, gender, and sexuality. This heartfelt short documentary proves that family pervails above all forms of discrimination and limited ways of seeing. With a vision to create community beyond boundaries, basketball and nonprofit sustanence become the means for something different and something greater.
Release Date: 2014
Running Time: 5:57 mins
Produced, Directed, and Edited: Taryn Lee Crenshaw
No Hetero: Disrupting the Hegemony
Offering poignant commentary and sharp analysis, No Hetero explores the terrain of homophobia in Black American communities. Historical Black Colleges, Spelman and Morehouse, stand as a microcosm for larger social climates towards LGBTQ realities. With interviews from various perspectives, this film addresses the pervasive impact of homophobia and cultures of exclusion.
Release Date: 2007
Running Time: 40:08 mins
Co-Created: Taryn Lee Crenshaw, Leana Cabral, Diana Houghton
Songs of Freedom
This short documentary showcases the power of the music in the lives of at risk youth. Santa Cruz non-profit Barrios Unidos, counters economic and racial disparity through social advocacy work, while also fostering a space for creative freedom.
Release Date: 2013
Running Time: 4:53 mins
Produced, Directed, and Edited: Taryn Lee Crenshaw
Beyond the Screen
Who would have ever thought that screen printing could change a life. As an affiliated business with Santa Cruz non-profit Barrios Unidos, this screen printing shop sees the value of cultivating jobs, not jails for community youth rooted in race and economic disparities. Teaching job skills and responsible work ethic, community activism takes on a new meaning and investment for the future.
Release Date: 2013
Running Time: 4:01 mins
Produced, Directed, and Edited: Taryn Lee Crenshaw
Bursting With Light
Bursting With Light examines the intersections around the Black and queer experiences at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Created for the Women’s Research and Resource Center at Spelman College, this film considers the necessity of queer conversations in both social and academic contexts and encourages college campuses to maintain climates of inclusion.
Release Date: 2011
Running Time: 15:57 mins
Produced, Directed, and Edited: Taryn Lee Crenshaw
The Ways We Remember
The Ways We Remember speaks to the value of memory and generational storytelling of family history. Highlighting a story of mixed racial ancestry, the narrative focuses on Georgia rural town, Madison-Morgan County.
Release Date: 2010
Running Time: 24:38 mins
Produced, Directed, and Edited: Taryn Lee Crenshaw
Made in partnership with "Mapping the Present" exhibit , artist Lynn Marshall-Linnemier
Global Reproductive Health
Global Reproductive Health focuses on the professional study around women’s reproductive health, particularly as it pertains to the experiences of women of color around the world. Sponsored by The Feminist Majority Foundation, footage from the 2009 Women of Color Conference is used.
Release Date: 2009
Running Time: 8:34 mins
Produced, Directed, and Edited: Taryn Lee Crenshaw
Made for The Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, Women of Color Conference