'Can Our Inner-Children Hug?': Queer Deaf Artists Perform Choreopoem on LGBTQ+ Healing and Love

"To the sun that is in me, to the story that is in you. Our hearts know each other." Deaf & queer writer Jonaz McMillan wrote “Can Our Inner-Children Hug,” a poem about the power of healing and love. Watch the Up Until Now Collective sign Jonaz’s heartfelt words. #CantCancelPride

“Can Our Inner Children Hug?”
A short film by the Up Until Now Collective

Jonaz McMillan: Poet and Author

CAST (in order of appearance):
Shiran Zhavian
Cassie Mae Blomquist
Lorne Farovitch
Joán Joel
Claudia Gawlas
Traź Tiffany Freeman
Brandon Kazen-Maddox

ASL Choreography by Brandon Kazen-Maddox
Director of Photography: TAXIPLASM
Make-Up Design: Suki Tsuji
Produced by:
Kevin Newbury & Brandon Kazen-Maddox

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