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- Feb 28, 2021
I found the programme for MountainFilm Fest and there's a slightly expanded synopsis:
"Penny Logue is many things: A transgender alpaca rancher. An anarchist. A modern pioneer. The founder of The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch - a safe haven for queer and transgender people in rural Colorado. She's also a hero in the queer community. Tucked away in the central Rocky Mountains at the 40-acre ranch, Logue and her family of dedicated queer ranchers find themselves battling a variety of threats: fierce weather, impossible finances, far-right militia and their own inner struggles at they pursue liberation. Documenting the ranchers' journey from their idyllic beginnings to their fight to exist when confronted by harassment and local militia groups, We Are Tenacious is a classic American story of true perseverance."
I'm not even going to bother highlighting the funny parts of this summary, although I have to draw attention to the fact that they clashed horribly with the local queer community based on that article about them where Jarrod got aggressive at a local lesbian politician at a Fourth of July barbecue, so the idea of Penny being a "hero" to anyone he interacts with irl is quite amusing.
If I wasn't aware of what the tranch was, that little summary does make it sound like quite a cool documentary, so hopefully it'll get traction at some more film festivals and I can go see it with a little notepad if it makes it across the pond. I'm hoping that any NJ kiwis might be able to visit the Long Beach screening at Lighthouse Film Festival, but we're on depleted numbers till we're back on the clearnet, so we might miss out on the awareness.
"Penny Logue is many things: A transgender alpaca rancher. An anarchist. A modern pioneer. The founder of The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch - a safe haven for queer and transgender people in rural Colorado. She's also a hero in the queer community. Tucked away in the central Rocky Mountains at the 40-acre ranch, Logue and her family of dedicated queer ranchers find themselves battling a variety of threats: fierce weather, impossible finances, far-right militia and their own inner struggles at they pursue liberation. Documenting the ranchers' journey from their idyllic beginnings to their fight to exist when confronted by harassment and local militia groups, We Are Tenacious is a classic American story of true perseverance."
If I wasn't aware of what the tranch was, that little summary does make it sound like quite a cool documentary, so hopefully it'll get traction at some more film festivals and I can go see it with a little notepad if it makes it across the pond. I'm hoping that any NJ kiwis might be able to visit the Long Beach screening at Lighthouse Film Festival, but we're on depleted numbers till we're back on the clearnet, so we might miss out on the awareness.