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Tertiary

Tertiary takes the combination of color pigments as an analogy to the combinations of sexuality and gender expressions. As we mix primary to secondary colors and secondary to tertiary colors we see odd resemblances in the correlations between hetero, homo, queer, male, female, cis, and trans that become a polymorphic symphony when combined.

  • Shine Louise Houston
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Animation
  • Genres:
    humor, animation
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 31, 2026
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Shine Louise Houston

Twenty years ago, as an artist living in Oakland, California confronting the lack of high quality representation of diverse bodies, genders, and sexualities in adult film, Shine Louise Houston founded Pink and White Productions, an acclaimed independent queer and feminist adult film company that centers queer and trans people and people of color. In 2012 the company branched out to provide an online distribution channel, Pink Label TV, that hosts and acts as an archive of independent adult films made by other marginalized filmmakers whose works expand representation in adult film. In 2020 Pink and White launched Blush, an annual film festival in San Francisco, to bring more attention to the art of erotic representation and the importance of visual and filmic depictions of underrepresented and sometimes vilified groups.

All of Shine’s work has been an attempt to create more space for her community, offer more accurate and respectful representations, and contribute to the recognition, acceptance, and empowerment that comes from being in community, even when it happens via a screen.

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Director Statement

Tertiary takes the combination of color pigments as an analogy to the combinations of sexuality and gender expressions. As we mix primary to secondary colors and secondary to tertiary colors we see odd resemblances in the correlations between hetero, homo, queer, male, female, cis, and trans that become a polymorphic symphony when combined.

Visually, Tertiary draws on the Orphism art movement and old educational school films. The iconic gold plate images from the Voyager space craft serve as a way to illustrate gender iconography and then shape it and morph it into a myriad of possible gender configurations until there is nothing left to combine.