Hope is vital — and like most vital things, it comes at a cost. There's always something to hope for and against simultaneously.
This short pairs visuals from SF Pride 2018 with the final recorded testimonial of Harvey Milk, captured just days before his assassination on November 27, 1978. Hearing his raw voice against the backdrop of a now-mainstream Pride Parade holds two truths at once: how far we've come, and how much we still owe to those who came before us.
Queer pride, for me, has never been a hashtag or a rainbow-colored product. It's a reckoning with sacrifice and loss — carried into every celebration. I hope you feel some of that bittersweet weight here.
Hope fueled us then. It has to fuel us now. We just gotta stay vigilant — and keep giving 'em hope.
