Pigeon Hole

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'Pigeon Hole' comically expresses the filmmaker’s desire to set fire to the restrictive and reductive labels gays use to categorize one another and themselves, especially via hook up websites and apps. A proclamation of liberation from marginalizing stereotypes and sexual exclusivity, the video features labels and descriptors culled from online profiles paired with footage of pigeons and the filmmaker burning down a large birdhouse.

Created with the support of the RT Collective.

Written, Directed, Produced, Edited by Mark Pariselli
Cinematography by Mark Pariselli, Carol Jamieson, Adam Moco, Daniel McIntyre

Screenings

  • Queer North Film Festival (August 2021)

  • Retrospective of Short Works, Prismatic Intersection: Humber College’s LGBT Awareness Week (March 2016)

  • Reelout – Kingston Queer Film + Video Festival (February 2014)

  • MIX NYC – New York Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film/Video Festival (November 2013)

  • Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival, offsite screening (May 2013)