

Overview
The Roaming Center for Magnetic Alternatives follows a mobile archiving center in a cargo trailer as it crosses the Midwest to digitize the VHS tapes of LGBTQ+ folks living in Middle America. In real-time digitizing sessions, people watch their own histories as they are being preserved, and reveal a look into queer life in the Bible Belt since the 1980s. This film takes a road trip through the past into the present, and gives us a glimpse of what an ever-expanding queer archive looks like in the future.
Year 2025
Studio
Director Brydie O'Connor
Crew Brydie O'Connor (Director), Brydie O'Connor (Editor), Brydie O'Connor (Producer), Sean Weiner (Editor), Sean Weiner (Consulting Producer), Kendell Harbin (Consulting Producer)
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Language English