QDoc Film Festival: Q Shorts

Enjoy three fantastic short docs celebrating the unique and bold stories of this diverse community.
Film 1: Rainbow Rider
Outspoken lesbian trucker Shelle Lichti crisscrosses America behind the wheel of the Rainbow Rider, her unmistakable Pride-wrapped 18-wheeler, with her chihuahua riding shotgun. Facing hostility, middle fingers and the occasional unexpected ally, Shelle turns life on the road into a mission of visibility, connection and community for LGBTQIA+ truckers.
Oregon Premiere | USA | 2026 25 MINS Language: English Director: Georgia Krause Editors: Georgia Krause, Mikayla Irle Cinematography: Sam Wolff, Keon Abbott, Georgia Krause Producer: Tran Hoang Calvin Executive Producer: Sav Rodgers
Film 2: Born Kicking
Director and QDoc alum Lauretta Molitor in attendance.
Iconic queer photographer Jill Posener’s fearless compulsion to document offers intimate views of radical feminist London, Bay Area ’90s lesbian culture, and contemporary unhoused East Bay communities. A lifelong rebel, she has always felt “at odds” and now contemplates where she may fit for her final chapter.
Oregon Premiere | USA / UK | 2026 28 MINS Language: English Director: Lauretta Molitor Editor / Co-Producer: Asali Echols
Film 3: And Again I Dream
Journalist and organizer Ivy Young knows mainstream society won’t preserve her story after she’s gone. So she rallies her niece Jade, historian Mariah and lifelong friend, QDoc alum Catherine Gund (CHAVELA), to explore her remarkable archive, illuminating Ivy’s life across queer generations and forging a bridge between memory, activism and identity.
2026 | USA | 39 MINS | English Directors: Catherine Gund, Mariah Norman Producer: Catherine Gund Editor: Flavia Romani Cinematographers: Emerson Mahoney, Catherine Gund Composer: Meshell Ndegeocello Executive Producers: Angela Davis, Gina Dent, Roger Ross Williams, Julie Mehretu, Melony & Adam Lewis, Agnes Gund, Jade Keith