Finding She

Finding She reveals the challenges of a queer woman emerging out of an adolescence of societal pressures that forced her into heteronormative isolation. Through a conversation with my dear friend, Belle Rajewski-Samko, I search for confidence in my queer identity while bumping into the challenges of defining femininity. We learn together that the only way to achieve true self-love is by finding autonomy from patriarchal structures and embracing every aspect of queer presentation. This film demands an emotional journey from the audience that is a reflection of how overwhelming my own search for identity was. Further, by incorporating feminist filmmaking techniques, I include Belle as a friend and a co-author that supports and advances this story along beside me. By integrating experimental audio-visual techniques, you will be welcomed into a distortion of the classic Hollywood female subject.