“Well Read-Nathanology” by Emily Friedman and Tori V. Bennett
In this age of information overload and ideological struggle, reading is more essential than ever. Queer identity and liberation has always been tied with literature – from its theoretical and philosophical underpinnings in authors like Judith Butler and Eve Sedgwick, to its voices across history like James Baldwin, Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde. In an era where the literature of liberation is being actively censored and banned, we need to celebrate the love of reading, and the connection between Reading and Love.
FROM THE DIRECTOR
“In this age of information overload and ideological struggle, reading is more essential than ever. Queer identity and liberation has always been tied with literature – from its theoretical and philosophical underpinnings in authors like Judith Butler and Eve Sedgwick, to its voices across history like James Baldwin, Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde. In an era where the literature of liberation is being actively censored and banned, we need to celebrate the love of reading, and the connection between Reading and Love.”
-Emily Friedman + Tori V. Bennett
Credits
Directors // Emily Friedman + Tori V. Bennett
DoP // Nestor Pool
HMU // Morgan Getty
Performer // Nathan Dufour aka Nathanology
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