Filmmaker Sav Rodgers’ celebrated award-winning feature documentary Chasing Chasing Amy premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in June 2023. Directed and written by Sav Rodgers, Chasing Chasing Amy explores the transformational impact of the ’90s cult classic on a 12-year-old queer kid from Kansas, coming of age and coming to terms with his identity. The Kevin Smith cult classic became a life raft for young Sav Rodgers. As Rodgers examines the film and its making as a cornerstone of LGBTQ+ cinema, he finds himself at a complicated crossroads.
On a quest to explore how a divisive LGBTQ+ ’90s rom-com saved his life, a filmmaker is met with unexpected truths that will shape him. In Chasing Chasing Amy, filmmaker Sav Rodgers takes a journey of self-discovery while making a documentary about Kevin Smith’s’ ‘Chasing Amy” and its polarizing reputation among LGBTQ+ people. Smith’s “Chasing Amy” chronicles the impact on the long-term friendship of two New Jersey comic book artists when they are joined by a third artist, who turns out to be lesbian. The fallout includes heartbreak and jealousy. It starred Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, and Joey Lauren Adams. It remains controversial among LGBTQ+ people.
Chasing Chasing Amy features exclusive interviews with figures including Kevin Smith, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee, Guinevere Turner, Scott Mosier, Andrew Ahn, Robert Hawk, Princess Weekes, and Academy Award-winner Kevin Willmott. The film also features Trish Bendix and Regina “Riley” Rodgers.
Produced by: Sav Rodgers, Alex Schmider, Carrie Radigan, Lela Meadow-Conner, Matthew C. Mills
I wrote this statement in a prior article in June 2023, and I still find it so. “I found it to be honest and beautiful on screen. It is hard not to be moved by the film and seeing how art does have an impact on our lives.” The full article for the film premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival is available on this site.
94 MINUTES | DOCUMENTARY | ROMANCE | LGBTQIA+ | INDEPENDENT | EN | NR TV-14
The film will be available exclusively ON DEMAND starting December 17th.
Source: Level 33 Entertainment