Synopsis

‘Queering Sydney’ is a 10-minute poetic documentary, exploring young queer people of colour’s experiences of the nights in Sydney. Queer people of colour navigate a newfound sense of freedom in separate nights as they embark into adolescence. Whether it is under the neon lights of the city or the suburban quietude, it is the nighttime that arouses this transformation or expansion in identity for these individuals beyond external pressures. As they walk the streets of the city with friends, dance at the club, and chat for hours at a sleep over or local park, their complex experiences through intersections of identity, familial expectations and community are delved into to understand that their celebration of youth and memories are pivotal in these moments that was only possible by the sanctuary of the night.