
Please Hold
Documentary
Overview
An experimental documentary engaging with decades of DIY activist media, two death bed/legacy videos, and the wisdom of many living AIDS workers, as we all sit together in one (changing) format, video—VHS, hi-8, digital, Zoom—to address these and other questions: How do neighborhoods, sweaters and scarves, videotapes and queer bars hold ghosts? How do we let them go?
Top Cast
James Robert Lamb
James Robert Lamb
Himself
James Robert Lamb
Himself
Juanita Mohammed Szczepanski
Juanita Mohammed Szczepanski
Herself
Juanita Mohammed Szczepanski
Herself
Jih-Fei Cheng
Jih-Fei Cheng
Himself
Jih-Fei Cheng
Himself
Marty Fink
Marty Fink
Themself
Marty Fink
Themself
Pato Hebert
Pato Hebert
Himself
Pato Hebert
Himself
Theodore Kerr
Theodore Kerr
Himself
Theodore Kerr
Himself
Gavin Downie
Gavin Downie
Himself
Gavin Downie
Himself
Elizabeth Koke
Elizabeth Koke
Herself
Elizabeth Koke
Herself
Henry Szczepanski
Henry Szczepanski
Himself
Henry Szczepanski
Himself
CHRISTEENE
CHRISTEENE
Herself
CHRISTEENE
Herself
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