G6 Pictures

10/07/2025

PORTLAND! We are thrilled to be part of the show 5 Years In: A Pandemic Pop-Up. Connection | Isolation will screen (with headphones and captions) in the space, alongside works by 40 other artists.

Opening night - July 25th and closes July 31. Art Design Xchange (ADX) 417 SE 11th Ave. Come masked, bring friends, spread the word.

Opening event for a local art pop-up

01/07/2025

Curious if you can see our trailer on You Tube? Always suspicious of shadow-banning, etc. And wondering why this won't show up in a search... LMK if you can stream this with a like! Thanks -G.

A documentary witnessing trans lives in the Covid pandemic. Directed and Produced by G. Chesler

24/06/2025

CONNECTION | ISOLATION screens in Portland Monday June 30 at the fabulous mini-plex in the back of a video store - through Movie Madness University. offers courses on all subjects and films. In this course, G. will talk about making Connection with and for trans people. Including the ethics of working as q***r artists with consent-based documentary practices at the center. Get your ticket in the bio ☝️ Some seats still available! Reach out if you are interested but prohibited in any way. Screens with Open Captions.

11/06/2025

This Sunday! Catch a free screening of CONNECTION | ISOLATION in Portland at NW Doc through No Worries Film Festival. Masks required / film screens with open captions as part of a mini festival. Shorts begin at 5:30 and our feature follows. Link to event in comments.

NW Doc is in the lower level of the Sunnyside Community Center at 3520 SE Yamhill St. Look for the steps down to a yellow door in your left *before* the main entrance to the building 📽️

As you may have heard, we won the Grand Jury Prize at Divine Q***r in Torino Italy. So you need to see the *international sensation* that is our film 😜🏳️‍⚧️😷💜 Happy pride y’all. Let’s keep each other safe and loved.

25/05/2025

Connection | Isolation has been awarded the Grand Jury Prize from 🥹💜😷🏳️‍⚧️ This is tremendously moving… our European premiere. I came to Torino wondering if our film would connect with q***r Italians who suffered so much in this pandemic. The jury offered the following statement (below). I also want to celebrate the other filmmakers who won awards including Planet 10 on an LGBTQ refuge in Austria serving Austrians from Africa. And awarded a special Jury Prize. Here’s to all who are divinely q***r (like Torino’s q***r community itself) 🏳️‍⚧️📽️😷 [translated] GRAND JURY PRIZE to Connection / Isolation for having told us about the transversality and intersectionality of the struggles, bringing to light emergencies that concern us closely (trans homophobia, racism, discrimination against neuro-divergent people and non-conforming bodies) and for offering a universal view on the necessary organized or spontaneous connection, being there and knowing how to create “community”.
*Not least, for having presented us with a reality that, in other countries in the world, is suffering because of wicked policies, and reminds us that even in our home not everything is fine and that we must continue to fight.* Grazie Torino

20/05/2025

Thank you and Portland for such a heartfelt screening. We were thrilled to share our film Connection | Isolation with you all. And grateful to Composer who traveled from LA and Editor for gracing the stage and sharing their process with G. Our next Portland screenings include a special event at on June 30th. G will focus on doc directing and producing with, as, and as for trans + q***r community. All info on the Movie Madness class and other screenings ahead on our website (link in bio) 🏳️‍⚧️💜😷

19/05/2025

TORINO. Next up for Connection | Isolation is a special screening in Turin, Italy. This festival is intimate, and impactful. A focus on immigrant stories and multi national artists + q***r and LGBTQ justice in Italy and beyond. Each year, honors a divine elder. Check the slides for the story of Maria Silvia Spolata understood to be one of the first out le***an activists in Italy. She was among the founders of OUT! (Italian Revolutionary Homosexual Unitary Front), the first visible q***r movement in Italy. Thrilled to be able to travel to the homeland 🇮🇹 and learn more about the parallels in experience during this pandemic for q***r and trans people.

16/05/2025

Tomorrow at Tomorrow Theater - our Portland Premiere of CONNECTION | ISOLATION on trans community in this pandemic. Tickets are still available 👆 in bio. Thanks to the generosity of and we have free tickets to offer trans folks and one is left! DM for yours. MASKING encouraged and ASL provided. Film screens with open captions. Running time 85 min film 📽️ Q&A 30ish min with filmmakers 🏳️‍⚧️😷💜

09/05/2025

Connection | Isolation always screens with open captions. At PAM Cut Tomorrow Theater in Portland on May 17th, we will also enjoy ASL interpretation for our q&a discussion with Director / Producer G. Chesler and Editor Eli Haan, and convo hosted by Composer Luka Fisher. Other collaborators will be there, speaking about their work and purpose like sound designer and mixer Jenstar Hacker and Colorist Emilia Quinton. Come join us, spread the word, wear a mask, KN95s offered at the door. Ticket link in bio 👆😷💜🏳️‍⚧️ Connection | Isolation witnesses trans lives in this pandemic, focusing on community cultivators around the US. Our film is made by an all trans and q***r crew. Thanks to Tomorrow Theater for hosting our Portland premiere! Supported by and more.

04/05/2025

Wedding Banquet (redux) by Andrew Ahn ❤️ I haven’t written a capsule review in awhile and for this, it’s time to dive back in. This tender, q***r (not “tender q***r” mind you) storytelling is a gift on screen. Behold a respectful and accurate portrait of chosen family- what it means, how we sustain and feed our connections to each other, and how to mend and heal our wounds and our faults when they threaten these bonds. (Yes, this means I sobbed all the way through my 😷 mask) Ahn is such a skilled and gentle director. I don’t know how he does it, but his work reflects a presence with performers, and ability to have patience for the space his actors require. His scenes then allow us to feel so close to the intimacy between these couples and friends, like listening in on a conversation which you may not be supposed to hear. It is moving to see a reflection of q***r chosen family having legitimate value above that other kind of family - a truth I haven’t seen on screen since the films of the 80s and 90s, stories of HIV AIDS. It feels good to see it again in different context and beyond renderings of solely white cis gay men. Loved this film, THE WEDDING BANQUET.

30/04/2025

This lovely documentary featuring the story of WC Taylor High School which I directed and also produced (with the alumni and Mason Film Lab ) now lives on ! Mr WC Taylor was a pioneer in education, creating the first accredited public high school for African American students in northern Virginia. The school included African American educators from around the US, and represents a vibrant community effort to house these teachers, and support the children of the region. Taylor was much more than a school and this legacy is vital (recent) history. I hope you will watch the film and learn about the alumni - who were involved at every step. Grateful to work with many talented Mason film students and colleagues who made this film happen and Sam Sinagra who designed our poster. Thanks to for editing the trailer (see Reels) and Miranda Waddy and Chris P***a for a year of editing on the film and extended interviews. You may read about the film’s story at the link in the bio. Full interviews are housed at the Afro American Historical Association of Fauquier County who screens each one at monthly gatherings in Warrenton. Folkstreams is a free and available curated collection of 450 independent films reflecting vital parts of American history and folklore.

18/04/2025

Portland Premiere! May 17th at 7pm at PAM Cut’s Tomorrow Theater. Join us for the local premiere of Connection | Isolation, witnessing trans community in this pandemic. Director G. Chesler and Editor Eli Haan will be there for a q&a. Link for tickets in comments😷💜🏳️‍⚧️

Masks encouraged -but seriously -wear a mask. See you in the theater!

Our film is supported by RACC, Portland Events and Film Office and NW Doc