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A blending of documentary and experimental narrative strategies, combining stunning 16mm landscape cinematography with a bold... more | add synopsisAwards:
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Very personal film, but very moving moreCast
(Credited cast) | Harriet Dodge | ... | Voiceover |
| Lawrence Ferlinghetti | ... | Voiceover |
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Argentina:65 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | USA:65 minCountry:
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San Francisco, California, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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Voiceover: My therapist is getting on my nerves. She's always saying, "That must have been really hard for you." moreSoundtrack:
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Filmmaker Jenni Olson muses about her personal relationships and her "butch" identity, wondering whether taking such a masculine-ish identity is anti-feminist or even internally misogynistic. Most of the film is Jenni's voice over scenes of various neighborhoods in San Francisco, some almost static, others full of activity. The film then dives into a seemingly unrelated topic, suicide, most especially suicide from the Golden Gate Bridge, where a close friend jumped ten years ago. The connection is in the title of the film: The Joy of Life. Each of us must find our own joy of life, including comfort in our own gender identity and relationships.