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A cinematic essay in defense of remembering, The Royal Road offers up a primer on the Spanish colonization of California and the Mexican American War alongside intimate reflections on nostalgia, butch identity, the pursuit of unavailable women and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo - all against a contemplative backdrop of 16mm urban California landscapes, and featuring a voiceover cameo by Tony Kushner. Deceptively simple California urban landscapes serve as the framework for the film's lyrically written voiceover which combines rigorous historical research with a stream-of-consciousness personal monologue and relates these seemingly disparate stories from an intimate, colloquial perspective to tell a one-of-a-kind California tale. Shot on 16mm film and contemplatively crafted of long takes, The Royal Road is a film about landscapes and desire, memory and history - and the stories we tell.

Brooklyn Bloomberg and friends do some steamy kibbutzing in this fascinating piece of Yiddish-keit, circa 1923. Rare 16mm archival erotica footage is overlaid with a hilarious Jewish porno voiceover - sprinkled with colloquial Yiddishisms. Written and performed by San Francisco artist Dori Midnight (aka Brooklyn Bloomberg), Matzo Maidels is a wildly entertaining short that's sure to amuse audiences of all persuasions.

A brief reflection on faith, self-loathing and Studs Lonigan - commissioned for the 2019 30th Anniversary shorts omnibus, 30/30 VISION: 3 Decades of Strand Releasing.

A provocative lesbian spoof of the famous early '90s ad campaign: "What do you do in your 501s?"

Girl, knife and doll come together in this controversial dramatization of the original early 1990s Tribe 8 queer punk band "Masochist Medley" stage act featuring San Francisco drag king Marya's legendary stage performance as Uncle Rod. The footage from this multi-camera Super8 shoot of a 1992 staged re-enactment at the Clubhouse on 16th Street in San Francisco's Mission district was edited together five years later (in 1997) and released on the LGBT film festival circuit. The resulting provocative and disturbing short was rejected from the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and world premiered at Outfest in Los Angeles in July 1997.

A concise poetic summary of butch identity.

Dutch doors, warehouse windows, and empty streets provide the background for a short tale about past lust and lost love. This glimpse into the drama of a lesbian relationship is revealed through stark visuals and the measured pace of the voice-over, providing a clever contrast between how we see and what we hear.