Reviving The Roost

Dublin Core

Title

Reviving The Roost

Description

Vivek Shraya reflects on The Roost, a gay bar in Edmonton she used to visit, and how it provided her with a sense of community, despite how complicated navigating a queer space can be when you do not fit into a community's expectations.

While Shraya was already out when Reviving The Roost was released, the short is set during a period before she transitioned. Since Shraya wrote (and discussed ways she presented more feminine while at The Roost), directed, and narrated the piece, I feel categorizing it as transgender, albeit implicitly, is applicable.

Source

Director: Vivek Shraya
Year: 2019
Country: Canada

Gender and Sexuality: Drag, gay, gender creative, lesbian, queer, transgender
Animation Style: Digital
Genre: Documentary
Type: Explicit, implicit, short

Can currently be watched on NFB or YouTube: https://youtu.be/LkHarOCw4s8

Files

RevivingTheRoost.jpg

Citation

“Reviving The Roost,” Queer Animation, accessed October 12, 2024, https://queeranimation.omeka.net/items/show/205.