Directed by Jenni Olson • 2015 • United States
A cinematic essay in defense of remembering, THE ROYAL ROAD offers up a primer on the Spanish colonization of California and the Mexican American War alongside intimate reflections on nostalgia, the pursuit of unavailable women, butch identity, and Alfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO—all against a contemplative backdrop of 16 mm urban California landscapes. Featuring a voice-over cameo by Tony Kushner, this bold, innovative work from acclaimed San Francisco filmmaker Jenni Olson combines rigorous historical research with lyrically written personal monologue to tell a deeply personal, one-of-a-kind California tale.
Directed by Jenni Olson • 1998 • United States
Through voiceover and static San Francisco landscapes, Jenni Olson’s experimental queer classic tells the melancholy story of a dyke pining over a one-night stand with a straight girl.
Directed by Jenni Olson • 2009 • United States
Jenni Olson resurrects the spirit of gay political icon Harvey Milk in this poignant short, which sets an original audiotape he recorded—to be played in the event of his assassination—to a meditation on the play of light and shadow on the walls of h...
Directed by Jenni Olson • 2019 • United States
Jenni Olson’s contribution to the iPhone-shot omnibus film 30/30 VISION: 3 DECADES OF STRAND RELEASING muses wryly on faith, guilt, and James T. Farrell’s “Studs Lonigan” novels from a San Francisco church parking lot.
