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The Hook Up
20196 min 22 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Michael V. Smith
Production: Justine PimlottAnita Lee
Script: Michael V. Smith
The Hook Up is an experimental doc featuring four gay men from two different generations: two nearing age 70 and two 20-somethings. Striking close-up visuals create a powerful sense of intimacy and connection as the men discuss how hooking up has (and has not) evolved for gay men.
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Subject categories
- Sexuality and Reproduction > Interpersonal RelationshipsSexual minorities (2SLGBTQ+ people)
- Social Issues > Social Change
Credits
- writer
- Michael V. Smith
- director
- Michael V. Smith
- producer
- Justine Pimlott
- executive producer
- Anita Lee
- director of photography
- Lindsay George
- editor
- Jessica Dymond
- featuring
- Otto Chan
- Colin Thomas
- Josh Gradilone
- Paul Wong
- sound design
- Eva Madden
- sound recordist
- Sandor Gyurkovics
- production supervisor
- Marcus Matyas
- production coordinator
- Andrew Martin-Smith
- gaffer
- Bradley Davis
- makeup artist
- Min-Jee Mowat
- production assistant
- Amelia Morris
- Katrina Tadros
- visual effects
- Branden Bratuhin
- studio operations manager
- Mark Wilson
- studio administrator
- Patricia Bourgeois
- technical coordinator
- Kevin Riley
- studio coordinator
- Carly Kastner
- technical assistant
- Q'Mal Labad-Workman
- marketing manager
- Melissa Wheeler
- publicist
- Jennifer Mair
- legal counsel
- Christian Pitchen
- post production services
- SIM Post Toronto
- sound editor
- Jean Choi Bot
- re-recording mixer
- Martin Lee
- assistant re-recording mixer
- Will Stephens
- colourist
- Andrew Ross
- online editor
- Ty Delgaty
- assistant on-line editor
- Steve Thorpe