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Roam Sweet Home: Fine Cut
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Title
Roam Sweet Home: Fine Cut
Subject
lesbian, queer, documentary, woman filmmaker
Description
Gift from filmmaker. Ellen is a friend and collaborator. I helped a little on this film by holding the puppet/prostheses that stood in for her dog who had died before the shoot was over. Recently I produced a short documentary for Ellen and collaborator, Cheryl Dunye, DiAna's Ego Remix (2018).
Date
1996
Abstract
Inventing freedom as they roam, videomaker Ellen Spiro and her dog Sam go west in a vintage Airstream trailer in search of elderly dropouts and their dogs who have pulled out of society and into by-the-side-of-the-road trailer communities. Our mutt narrator tells his tale, sharing his thoughts on America’s smells, the foibles of humans, and his view of aging as another journey. In unplanned meetings with gray nomads, psychic misfits, and free spirits, Roam Sweet Home takes the myths of growing older and turns them on their head. The director and her dog join an adventurous and spirited community of roamers and loners on wheels who live by the road full-time. --VDB
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Duration
58 mins
Director
Player
Roam Sweet Home from ellen spiro on Vimeo.
Files
Citation
“Roam Sweet Home: Fine Cut,” VHS Activism Archive , accessed June 19, 2025, https://activismvhs.omeka.net/items/show/694.
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