Hornet Originals

The pervasive amount of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation at the state level prompted us to take a look back at the sociopolitical struggles and gains of the Pride movement.

You may notice from the moment Marsha takes her first step, we never stop marching. Every transition and new scene carries the movement forward. This serves both to propel the story but also to show the movement's momentum as we continue to work towards building an equal society.

Hornet Creative Director Natalie Labarre and Designer Christy Lundy partnered to create the handmade protest poster-inspired aesthetic. As an exercise in graphic language that is also cinematic, the language reflects each time period using decade-specific color cues and textures.

The film’s protest posters and end line “We Won’t Go Back” are inspired by documented protest signage throughout the decades-long movement for equality.

Hornet is comprised of many members of the LGBTQ+ community working at all levels, in all departments. There is a thriving community here of both LGBTQ+ folks and allies alike.

"To me Pride means standing up for people’s shared humanity above all. Pride may be centered around the LGBTQ+ community, but we can not forget that it was trans women of color that started this movement, and that we have a lot more work to do for justice, equity and equality to be achieved for the most marginalized of our communities, gay, straight or otherwise." – Head of Production, Dez Stavracos (he/him)

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