MIXEDUP

MIXED↑

By Haui (HOWARD J DAVIS)

MIXED UP PICTURES INC. - as PROD

Experimental - Completed 2020

Explaining my heritage to people is like coming out of the closet....MixedUp is the feature-film debut of Haui. This strident manifesto is about learning to combat the isolation of living between binaries, while demanding we celebrate the beauty of difference.

Festivals
& Awards

Image+Nation LGBTQ Queer Film Festival 2020
Official Selection (Jury Prize and Audience Award Nominee)
People's Choice Award (ByBlacks) 2020
Best Film
People's Choice Award (ByBlacks) 2020
Best Film Director
Queer in Colour: Tampa Bay International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2021
Windrush Caribbean Film Festival 2021
Winner Best Feature Documentary
12°N61°W Film Festival 2021
Arica Nativa International Rural + Indigenous Film Festival 2021
GZDOC 2021
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Experimental, First film, Documentary
    • Countries
    • CANADA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 76 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Haui (HOWARD J DAVIS)
    • Synopsis
    • Part testimonial/part confessional. What are the lines between the facts of who I am and the fiction of what I can become? Mixed↑ is a reclaimed book of genesis: a manifesto that collides the wildly diverse elements of being queer, mixed and different in a world socialized around the construction of race, gender and orientation. Mixed↑ follows Howard J Davis aka Haui in his feature film directing debut, as he combats the isolation of being BIPOC and LGTBQ+ and helps to normalize the existence of being “other”. Featuring Haui’s biological and found family including: actress/activist Tantoo Cardinal; stage and screen performer Thom Allison; multidisciplinary artist Jani Lauzon while also featuring the musical talents of Canadian opera singer Isaiah Bell, singer/songwriter Alex St. Kitts and Canadian gem Jeremiah Sparks. Co-produced by trans filmmaker/producer Jack Fox, Mixed↑ demands that we celebrate the beauty of being unique without negating the struggle of finding inner cohesion.