MOTHER
In San Francisco, a city known for its vibrant gay community, nowhere feels like home to Malia Spanyol, a self-identified dyke who sets out to build a space for women and femmes.
2024. 24 min.
“[MOTHER] engages with diverse interpretations of ‘home’: building it, returning to it, reshaping it, through strength of self and support of the queer community. Each of these filmmakers is at such an impressive moment in their careers…” —Variety
“MOTHER tracks the turning points of the bar’s first year: Mother’s staff painting the bar’s name on its purple facade; Spanyol slicing limes in the basement; Mother’s first queer prom… MOTHER may ground itself in this joy, but the film doesn’t shy away from the unique challenges of operating a queer bar aimed toward women.” —SFGATE
Directed by
Meg Shutzer & Brandon Yadegari Moreno
Executive Producers
Caitlin Mae Burke
Jill Nash
Kori Rae
Jana Rich
Producer
Meg Shutzer
Director of Photography
Brandon Yadegari Moreno
Editor
Kate Linhardt
Additional Editors
Alex Albers
Miki Katoni
Composer
Khari Mateen
Graphics
Lyndsay McCully
Sound Mix
Lien Do
Color
Robert Arnold
Produced in association with
IF/Then Shorts | Field of Vision | Hulu
Consulting Producer
Merrill Sterritt
Coordinator
Christine Chung
Music
“So Jealous”
Performed by Tegan and Sara
Courtesy of Sire Records
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
“Harsh Realm”
Written by Molly Hamilton & Robert Earl Thomas
Performed by Widowspeak
Courtesy of Captured Tracks
“Hard Times”
Written by Molly Hamilton & Robert Earl Thomas
Performed by Widowspeak
Courtesy of Captured Tracks
“The Drive”
Written by Molly Hamilton & Robert Earl Thomas
Performed by Widowspeak
Courtesy of Captured Tracks
“Pilot Light”
“What You Got To Lose”
Written by Georgina Claire Wells, Manfred Edward Roovers
Courtesy of APM Music
“Give”
Written by Apoena Ferreira Frota, Marta Malgorzata Galuszewska, Joseph Walter Ulmer, Andre Filipe Solar Vasconcelos
Courtesy of APM Music
“There's a Ghost in my Flashlight”
Written by Warren Carter Hulsey
Courtesy of APM Music
Featuring Photography by
Chloe Sherman
Archival Images and Video Provided by
Tina Valentin Aguirre & Augie Robles
Malia Spanyol
Romy Suskin
Siobhan Aluvalot
GLBT Historical Society
Bird and Beckett Books
Internet Archive in association with Prelinger Archives
Special thanks to
Jennifer Perini, Laura Jarrell, Susan and Steven Boughn, kj Cotrell, Jen Olson, Patty Buckley, Joanne Engel and Ellen Haller, Katherine Lieban, Susan Sullivan, Lisa Koshkarian, Emily Ranieri, Nava Haghighi, Steven Abbott, Hollyann Vickers Keng, Friends from the Boston Gay Basketball League, Kate Bustamante, Ruhi Bhalla, Andrea Minkow, Shannon Boughn, Ruha Devanesan, Nick Price, Jess Devaney, Paola González-Nasser, Angelina Polselli, Little Giant Lighting & Grip, Videofax, and Jim Wheaton
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