Private Project

24 hitchhikers

The work is a stream-of-consciousness meditation on longing, transformation, and fleeting intimacies between men at a particular point both in their lives and in American history—when the open road promised a journey of personal re-invention and discovery.

  • Paul M Detwiler
    Director
  • Paul M Detwiler
    Writer
  • Paul M Detwiler
    Producer
  • Paul M Detwiler
    Editor
  • Michael Burnell
    Narrator
  • Michael Brayden
    Key Cast
    "Hitchhiker"
  • Bjorn Lynne
    Music
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    LGBTQ+, queer
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 9, 2013
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States, United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Frameline 37: San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
    San Francisco
    United States
    June 21, 2013
  • West Coast Cinema
    Malibu
    United States
    September 5, 2013
  • Long Beach Q Festival
    Long Beach
    United States
    September 7, 2013
  • Skeive Filmer: Oslo GLBT Film Festival
    Oslo
    Norway
    September 13, 2013
    European Premiere
  • LesGaiCineMad, 18th Festival Internacional de Cine Lésbico, Gai y Trans de Madrid
    Madrid
    Spain
    November 5, 2013
  • Q Cinema, Ft. Worth's Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival
    Fort Worth, TX
    United States
    October 13, 2013
  • ONE Queer Film Fest
    Los Angeles
    United States
    October 12, 2013
  • American Academy of Religion Regional Conference
    West Hollywood
    United States
    March 7, 2014
  • Melbourne Queer Film Festival
    Melbourne
    Australia
    March 22, 2014
    Southern Hemisphere Premiere
  • Mix Mexico: 18th Festival de Diversidad Sexual en Cine y Video
    Mexico CIty
    Mexico
    May 10, 2014
  • Inside Out: Toronto LGBT Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    May 30, 2014
  • OutfestPerú: XI Festival Internacional de Cine Gay Lésbico Trans Bi
    Lima
    Peru
    June 27, 2014
  • San Diego CityBeat 5 Minute Film Festival
    San Diego
    United States
    August 15, 2014
  • Festival Venezolano de Cine de la Diversidad
    Caracas
    Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
    October 3, 2014
  • Cine Movilh: VII International Festival of Sexual Diversity
    Santiago
    Chile
    October 13, 2014
  • Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage: 25th International Queer Film Festival
    Hamburg
    Germany
    October 16, 2014
  • MIX NYC: NY Queer Experimental Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    November 12, 2014
  • Arctic Pride: Tromsø LLH Film Festival
    Tromsø
    Norway
    November 14, 2014
  • El Lugar sin Limites: Festival de Cine LGBT
    Quito
    Ecuador
    November 22, 2014
  • OUTsider Film and Arts Festival
    Austin
    United States
    February 21, 2015
  • Fairy Tales Film Festival
    Calgary
    Canada
    May 15, 2015
  • Identities Queer Film Festival
    Vienna
    Austria
    June 11, 2015
  • Community College Humanities Association Regional Conference
    Portland
    United States
    November 10, 2016
  • San Diego Mesa College Film Festival
    San Diego
    United States
    April 13, 2019
  • Archives, Libraries, Museums and Special Collections International LGBTIQ+ Conference
    Berlin
    Germany
    June 29, 2019
Director Biography - Paul M Detwiler

Paul Detwiler is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and science educator based in San Diego who is interested in new media and documentaries, and in developing creative film collaborations between artists, academics, and deep thinkers. His films reflect fluid, metaphorical spaces exploring the intersections of memory, lyricism, and desire in queer subcultures. His films have screened at over 100 festivals on 5 continents, winning 10 awards. His mission is to create artistic and socially relevant film projects that entertain, educate, inspire, and challenge audiences to develop new understandings of our shared humanity.

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Director Statement

This art film was developed from photographic materials curated by ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives (www.onearchives.org)