“...an ode to the desire to know ourselves by truly knowing those we love, it’s a beautifully sincere film" - Cine-File
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"... welcomed among a variety of audiences, especially students and professionals in mental healthcare, sociology, and gerontology.” - Educational Media Reviews Online
ABOUT THE FILM
A pandemic rages across the globe. In the final months of his mother Elaine’s late-stage dementia, gay filmmaker Kyle Henry uses his extensive family archive to travel back in time, exploring the complicated bonds of identity, history, and belonging in his large Texas family. Charting Elaine’s promising early life through her years of motherhood and self-sacrifice, finally tracing their relationship to its inevitable end, Time Passages playfully explores Kyle’s conflicting feelings of love, grief, guilt, and helplessness. Beneath the Kodachrome smiles and grainy Super-8 home movies lie the difficult truths that so many families hide. With their unearthing, Time Passages becomes a memento mori: a testament to love, legacy and the things that carry us through life’s most challenging times.
ACCOLADES
"... a film that celebrates life in its multifaceted complexity.”
- RogerEbert.com
"... a moving, quietly audacious film... written in fragments, shadows, and song”
- Film Threat
“... beautiful, cathartic and utterly unforgettable... like walking through a vivid, emotional tapestry.”
- Loud and Clear
“ … a haunting, beautiful, and deeply emotional documentary."
- Humans Vocal Media
“...puts a spotlight on how families grapple with dementia and care … opens the door for connections with other families”
- Hyperreal Film Club
★★★1/2
"...really resonated with me and will likely do the same for anyone who has had a special connection with their mother.”
- Pal Cinema
“... worth every minute and more; especially for caregivers for people with dementia"
- The Caregivers Voice
"... a striking and emotionally raw narrative that unpacks the complex dynamics of memory.”
- Overly Honest
PAST SCREENINGS
2025 Tour
- all Q&As included director Kyle Henry -
Cinema Village • New York​​
Screening Room • Newburyport, MA​​
Gene Siskel Center • Chicago​​
Block Museum of Art • Evanston, IL​
Laemmle Glendale • Los Angeles
Art Theatre • Longbeach, CA
The Frida • Santa Ana, CA
Eureka Theater • Eureka, CA
Oregon Center for the Arts • Ashland, OR
Darkside Cinema • Corvallis, OR
Salem Cinema • Salem, OR
Kan-Kan Cinema • Indianapolis, IN​​​​
Guild Cinema • Albuquerque, NM
Center for Contemporary Arts • Santa Fe, NM
SIE FilmCenter • Denver, CO
Orpheum Theatre • Saugerties, NY
Chicago Filmmakers • Chicago
AFS Cinema • Austin, TX
Houston Cinema Arts Fest • Houston, TX
Chicago Int'l Film Festival • Chicago, IL
LGBT Center of Cleveland • Cleveland, OH
University Film and Video Association Conference
AFS Doc Days Festival • Austin, TX
Cinequest (World Premiere) • San Jose, CA​​
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