The Roaming Center for Magnetic Alternatives

Overview

The Roaming Center for Magnetic Alternatives follows a mobile archiving center in a cargo trailer as it crosses the Midwest to digitize the VHS tapes of LGBTQ+ folks living in Middle America. In real-time digitizing sessions, people watch their own histories as they are being preserved, and reveal a look into queer life in the Bible Belt since the 1980s. This film takes a road trip through the past into the present, and gives us a glimpse of what an ever-expanding queer archive looks like in the future.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 24, 2025

Original language

English

Cast

Kendell Harbin

Director

Brydie O'Connor

Producer

Brydie O'Connor

Cinematography

Sarah Simka Jaffe

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt36997914