Two Minutes on High (2020)

CW: this film contains flashing images.

Two Minutes on High challenges the deeply ingrained concepts of normative sexuality and traditional gender roles via a metaphoric exploration of the four phases of the sexual response cycle: desire, arousal, climax and resolution.

Desire and arousal take a more commercialized approach, commenting on the heteronormative sexual programming that is heavily reinforced by the consumption of mainstream cinema and online pornography; the two predominant mediums via which we frequently observe sex.

Climax and resolution explore the impact that power dynamics and gender roles have on the expression of sexuality and sexual practices within western culture. The introduction of sounds and images that bend and break these norms encourage the viewer to reconsider the effects that social conditioning and media consumption play in our perceptions and behavior surrounding sexuality and gender.

Awards and Screenings:

[BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT]  Topaz Film Festival by Women in Film Dallas 2021, Dallas TX

Cactus Club Independent Film Festival 2022, Milwaukee WI

MKE Shorts Fest 2021, Milwaukee WI

Liverpool Underground Film Festival 2021, Liverpool UK

Toronto International Women Film Festival 2021, Toronto CA

Brooklyn Women’s Film Festival 2021, Brooklyn NY

Girls in Film Festival 2021, Milwaukee WI

Gorst Underground 2021, Port Orchard, WA