PRIDE IS PROTEST

As Pride celebrations around the world were compromised in the summer of 2020, 'Pride Is Protest' is a short film about the intersectional roots and personal resonance of the event. It's a celebration of Amsterdam's queer community and a reconnection of Pride to its roots. Bringing together asylum seekers, club kids, trafficking victims, designers, dragtavists and sex workers, the film shows the LGBTQIA+ community in all its dimensions, while also highlighting where there's still work to be done. As the VO director of this project, I had the honour of interviewing the wonderful people featured in the film and helping to match the right quotes to the visuals.

Read more about the project on Dazed

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Indie Shorts Awards
Atlanta Black Pride Film Festival
FEEDBACK LGBT Toronto Film Festival

Director: Al Lewis
Producer: Al Lewis, Ashlie Grace-Summers
DOP: Dionne Cats
AC: Paco Bonsang
Steadycam: Mark Modder
Gaffer: Hidde Muskee
DIT: Ward Trommelen
Best Boy: Jelle Raap

VO Director: Brenda Waegemaekers
Sound Producer: James Scally
AD: Fer van der Hoff
Casting Director: Moenia Merrachi
Production Design: Desiree Brands
Art Dept Assistants: Esra Copur, Lena Visser

Styling: Riccardo van Lachterop
Styling Assistant: Patricia Mokosi
HMU: Bastien Zorzetto
HMU Assistants: Romy legger, Eva Agerbeek, Emma de Boer, Kato Fierkens
Production Assistant: Tal van Zolingen
Runner: Svasti Sewnath, Tegan Klooper
Editor: Richard Hu, Evelyne Adeyinka, Jacks Genega
Music Supervisor: Steph Grace-Summers
Composer: Lotus Capo
Sound Mix: Red Light Studios
Colour Grade: Glassworks Amsterdam
Colourist: Luke Osborne
Graphics: Danicha Leliveld