HOLDTIGHT is so excited to be sharing our mother : un/tethered film in partnership with Denver Theatre District & the Denver Creates Grant for a free, outdoor screening at the brand new screen in Skyline Park on Friday, October 9th at 5:30pm.
No need to RSVP just show up! The screen in Skyline Park is on the corner of Arapahoe & 16th Street. We suggest arriving a few minutes early to get settled before the film starts. Film runtime is approx. 30 min.
This film completes HOLDTIGHT's un/tethered trilogy with a genre-defying art-documentary exploring motherhood, the female body, and humanity's relationship to the Earth. The film is the third and final installment of HT's un/tethered.
Film Synopsis:
mother : un/tethered tells the story of three women, three phases of motherhood, and the paradox of holding grief and joy alongside beauty and hardship when it comes to mothering.
Part art-documentary, part dance film, mother : un/tethered follows three female artists, Bailey Harper, Chelsea Retzloff, and Divya Maus, as they navigate deeply personal relationships to motherhood across the birth, life, and death cycle. Through evocative movement, original music, singing, and intimate interview, the film asks each of its subjects to respond to the prompt: "When I think about my mother..." in terms of familial mother, inner mother, archetypal mother, and Mother Earth.
Shot in breathtaking mountainous and oceanic landscapes across Colorado and California, mother : un/tethered weaves the female body into the body of the earth, drawing a through-line between the way we treat our mothers and the way we treat the planet that sustains us. The film asks: what do we take for granted? What have we forgotten to honor? And what becomes possible when we finally stop and acknowledge what and who we cannot live without?
Credits
Director, Editor: Gwendolyn Gussman
Cinematographer, Editor: Alex Taylor
Cast: Bailey Harper, Chelsea Retzloff, Divya Maus
Original Musical Score: Daniel Weidlein
Produced by HOLDTIGHT
Supported in part by Denver Creates Grant, Denver Arts & Venues
With thanks to The Rocky Mountain Land Library for providing one of the shoot locations!
About the un/tethered Trilogy
mother : un/tethered completes the un/tethered trilogy, alongside together : un/tethered (premiered April 2024, Denver Arts & Venues) and alone : un/tethered (premiered December 2024, Newman Center for the Performing Arts). Developed since 2022 and inspired by the work of environmental scientists, eco-psychologists, artists, and activists, un/tethered has transformed audiences from removed spectators into empathetic participants across all three of its parts.