Weapons of the Weak

Documentary

Rejection of dominant order through failure is something queers have done well for a very long time. Though painful and often predetermined, failure can be a way out, a respite from conforming to a culture that values narcissism and material success. Failure, in all of its forms, communes with the precariousness of modern day life, offering more grounded, and therefore sustainable, ways of being. Finding comfort in it can be a form of resistance in a system that sentences outcasts to social, and often actual, death. “Weapons of the Weak" is a reflection on the potential power that comes from failing within systems that have already failed us.

This film was produced during the UnionDocs Collaborative Studio Fellowship.

DOC LA Finalist

Directed & Edited by Grey Brennan
Production Manager: Sualeha Qureshi
Creative Consultant: Akeema-Zane
Executive Artistic Director: Christopher Allen
Collaborative Artist Lead: Yaara Sumeruk