Michelle Tea

Movies

Release the Bats
Director
A short film about a put-upon goth girl. Eleanor, a disaffected teen escapes from abuse and homophobia by making a DIY vampire movie with her friends.
Valencia: The Movie/S
Michelle
Valencia is a collaboration between a national community of queer filmmakers to adapt the underground classic memoir into a kaleidoscopic vision of San Francisco's Mission District in the early 90s during the rise of a punk lesbian diaspora told through the experiences of Michelle, a single rootless twenty-something searching for sex and love, drugs and adventure.
Mutantes
Herself - Interviewee
Mutantes sheds light on a feminism that was little talked about in France. This documentary comprises of a series of interviews conducted in the USA, Paris and Barcelona, and documents from the archives about the political action of sex workers, queer activists and post-pornographic performances.
In the Spotlight
Olive Clutch
An aspiring author is offered the chance to be the front person for a literary hoax and discovers a far worse fate than rejection.