A dairy farmer walks into a gay campground... and his whole past walks out.
A married dairy farmer travels to a gay campground in rural NE Pennsylvania to search for the man he fell in love with 30 years before -- and discovers the past is not done with him yet. A narrative/doc hybrid film.
Acting
Cardona's weathered longing in every stillness.
Direction
Bunn blurs reality and performance with documentary grace.
Cinematography
Pennsylvania woods as liminal space between then and now.
Director
Austin Bunn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film was shot at an actual bear campground in Pennsylvania, with many participants playing versions of themselves.
Part of a wave of 'queer rural' cinema challenging the urban-centric narrative of gay identity. The hybrid form mirrors how LGBTQ+ elders must often reconstruct their own erased histories.
US
