Unlike more explicit states of feeling (like anger or rage), ambiguous negative emotions (such as shame, envy, irritation, and unease) are often associated with blocked or suspended action. This film questions the political implications of emotions and the forms of action they facilitate or hinder.

In the face of an increasingly individualistic political discourse, this work employs tension as an aesthetic strategy and calls upon the experiences of Tony, an 80 year-old queer elder. In recalling his long life of political activism, it becomes clear that such work requires true intersectionality, solidarity, and collective struggle. Shot on hand-processed 16mm film.