Swing Swish Sway
2026, 6:55 minutes
single-channel digital video with sound
photo emulsion, nail polish, tape, 16mm film leader 

This film uses emulsion lifting, contact printing, and pinhole imagery to recover a submerged history. It is inspired by mixed-race Filipina American Rose Bamberger, who rejected the political visibility of the Daughters of Bilitis (The Ladder) in favor of a “secret society” for queer joy. The film manifests her vision through the pleasure of playgrounds at night, and the shared acts of swinging, dancing, preparing fried chicken, and the soft knowing stroke of a paintbrush.

Screenings

San Diego Asian Film Festival, San Diego, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, November 5-8, 2026
The Festival of (In)appropriation #14, London, October 26, 2026
The Festival of (In)appropriation #14, Los Angeles, October 24, 2026
Mill Valley Film Festival, October 8-9, 2026
Chicago Underground Film Festival, September 23, 2026
Fringe! Queer Film and Arts Festival, London, September 20, 2026
Indexical, Santa Cruz, September 19, 2026
CROSSROADS 2026, Gray Area, San Francisco, September 5, 2026
Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia, August 10, 18, 2026
Queer Visions 2026, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, August 2, 2026
Gravitational Lensing: Queer Joy, Friendship & Community, Shapeshifters Cinema, Oakland, June 20, 2026
Experimental Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 1, 2026
Prismatic Ground, NYC, April 30, 2026
Canyon Cinema’s Print Generations, SFMOMA, San Francisco, February 22, 2026

Publications

Topiary Landberg, “The Lure of Indeterminancy,” Print Generations (Canyon Cinema)