Bob Morgan — someone I never knew before watching this — is a second-generation Kentucky artist and LGBTQ activist who learned art from his mom and “honed his creative identity under the influence of his mentor and gay dad Henry Faulkner and his gay mom Sweet Evening Breeze.” He may have started as a drag performer, but he now feels that he is telling his story and the tales of others through his photos and mixed media artwork.

I love this line about the movie: “Bob’s just going to tell some stories–about art and garbage, sex and drugs, subversion, AIDS grief, queer joy, and being an outsider turned community icon.”

Directed by Grayson Tyler Johnson and Tom Marksbury, this shows why Bob not only collects all the things he finds, but also the stories. I used to feel like when we escaped the Reagan 80s that life was going to get better and the negativity about gay people or any marginalized people just seems like it won’t die, huh? Life would be gray without all of thee colors and yet, here we are. I’d rather just hear Bob go on and on.

You can watch this and many other films at CFF by buying a pass on their website. Over the next few days, I’ll be posting reviews and articles and updating my Letterboxd list of watches.