“How do you tell a movement’s history without losing the people at its heart?” In this clip Samuel Topiary and Molly Skonieczny, the filmmakers behind LESBIAN CUSTODY, talk about balancing the personal and the political—layering archival history with lived experience to bring a pivotal moment in lesbian feminist filmmaking to life. By reconnecting Frances Reid with Julie Stevens, the daughter of her late partner and collaborator, the film turns a landmark custody battle and activist documentary

Topiary: Spheres, Lollipos, Spirals , Saucers, Cones, CorkScrews, Flat Tops Topiary has been a part of garden design for a very long time dating back through the French and Italian Renaissance, English history, and way back into Japanese and Chinese culture. Basically involves the deliberate pruning of plants to induce more dense foliage so that it can be shaped into more homogenous forms. They can be features that frame an entrance or a walkway, they bring a whimsy and artistic edge particularl