A tremendous cinematic pretext for 70 solid minutes of 16mm urban landscape cinematography, The Royal Road offers up an unconventional California adventure as it blends the fictional tale of a butch lesbian protagonist with a fascinating series of non-fiction tangents about the history, politics and geography of The Golden State, via an exploration of California’s El Camino Real (the original trail connecting the territory’s Missions, Presidios and Pueblos during the era of Spanish-Mexican rule) along with an illuminating colloquial history of the Mexican-American War.

Stay tuned for updates on this truly exciting production from acclaimed San Francisco filmmaker, Jenni Olson.


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