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Fool's Gold

Become golden as trans-vaquero Oliver Gold (Che Ortiga) sings his way through heartbreak and queer revelations of self worth in the instant country hit: Fool's Gold by the time traveling boyband: Turnback Boyz! Co-starring: Peter Pansy (Max Voltage), JB Bender (Nicole Smith) and Tommy Tugguns (Ruthless Nardecchia). Check out @turnbackboyz for more content!

  • Che Ortiga
    Director
  • Che Ortiga
    Writer
  • Che Ortiga
    Producer
  • Adam Sweeney
    Producer
  • Che Ortiga
    Key Cast
    "Oliver Gold"
    Sweet Nothing, Bing Bong TV
  • Max Voltage
    Key Cast
    "Peter Pansy"
    Homomentum
  • Nicole Smith
    Key Cast
    "JB Bender"
  • Ruthless Nardecchia
    Key Cast
    "Tommy Tugguns"
  • Project Type:
    Music Video
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 26 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 1, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital HD
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Where The Queers Grow
    Portland, OR
    United States
    March 24, 2024
Director Biography - Che Ortiga

Che Ortiga is a Trans, Latine, Gay, multi-medium talent. He is singer, songwriter, actor, director and published Poet with Bottle Cap Press with his premiere poetry chapbook, En Todos Los Mundos. Che resides with his cat and rescue-rabbits in Ohlone Huichin lands of so-called Oakland, CA.

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Director Statement

Turnback Boyz is a time-traveling boyband music project created by Max Voltage as an offshoot of their self-written, directed, and produced musical: 'Homomentum'. This band has been a collaboration for the last 10 years with these magnificent queers. Back in 2014 we created our Turnback Boyz characters, I knew I needed to give a nod to my Tejano ancestors as a broody, guitar-playing, vaquero. This blossomed into the inspiration to create a queer cuntry song to help define who Oliver Gold is. Pulling from half-written poems, writing original music, and Max composing the fiddle part, Fool's Gold was born in 2015. Finally, in the summer of 2023 we collaborated with Adam Sweeney (our incredible videographer/editor and music producer) to create this music video, filmed on the Columbia and Washougal Rivers in the Pacific Northwest. It pulls from my own journey through depression, heartbreak, and finding my way through sheer insistence to be with and move through the grief of life. I hope it brings you some comfort in this world, knowing we're golden and we're gonna be fine.