“...an ode to the desire to know ourselves by truly knowing those we love, it’s a beautifully sincere film" - Cine-File
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
“... beautiful, cathartic and utterly unforgettable...like walking through a vivid, emotional tapestry.”
- Loud and Clear
"... a striking and emotionally raw narrative that unpacks the complex dynamics of memory.”
- Overly Honest
“ … a haunting, beautiful, and deeply emotional documentary."
- Humans Vocal Media
“ a richly constructed scrapbook... 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
SCREENINGS
2025 Tour
- all Q&As include director Kyle Henry -
1/31-2/6• Cinema Village • New York
--- 1/31 @ 7pm - Q&A w/ filmmaker, artist, designer Carrie Hawks
--- 2/1 @ 2pm - Q&A w/ Olivia Cohen (CaringKind)
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​2/4 • Screening Room • Newburyport, MA
--- 7pm Q&A moderator Amy Geller (Boston University)
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2/7-9 • Gene Siskel Center • Chicago
--- 2/7 @ 6pm - Q&A w/ Zahna Woodson (Caring Across Generations)
--- 2/8 @ 2:30pm - Q&A w/ Margaret LaRaviere + Stacy Subida
(Chicago Department of Family & Support Services - Senior Services)
--- 2/9 @ 3pm - Q&A w/ Amy Brennan (Illinois Family Caregiver Coalition)
+ Cristina Diaz (AgeOptions)
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2/13 • Block Museum of Art • Evanston, IL
--- 7pm - Q&A w/ Executive Director Ai-jen Poo (Caring Across Generations) + Northwestern Psychology Prof Dan McAdams + Ines Sommer
(Director, Pritzker Pucker Studio Lab)
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2/14-20 • Laemmle Glendale • Los Angeles
--- 2/14 @ 7:30pm - Q&A w/ caregiver Craig Fowler
--- 2/15 @ 7:30pm - Q&A w/ caregiver Deb Kurtz + moderator Dennis Hensley
2/15 • Art Theatre • Longbeach, CA
--- 11am - Q&A w/ Jasmine DeGuzman Lacsamana (Archstone Foundation)
2/16 • The Frida • Santa Ana, CA
--- 2:30pm - Q&A
2/22 • Eureka Theater • Eureka, CA
--- 2pm - Q&A
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2/23 • Oregon Center for the Arts • Ashland, OR
--- 6pm - Q&A w/ Julie Gillis + Gina DuQuenne, Founder (SOPride)
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2/24 • Darkside Cinema • Corvallis, OR
--- 6:30pm - Q&A
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2/25 • Salem Cinema • Salem, OR
--- 6:30pm - Q&A w/ Marilyn Daily, Director (Center 50+)
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2/27 • Kan-Kan Cinema • Indianapolis, IN​​​​
--- 7:30pm - Q&A w/ Ted Letherer (Indianapolis LGBT Film Fest)
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​3/6 • Guild Cinema • Albuquerque, NM
--- 5pm and 7:15pm - Q&A w/ UNM professor Prof. Marie Alarcón
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3/7 • Center for Contemporary Arts • Santa Fe, NM
--- 7pm - Q&A w/ David Davis (The Memory Care Alliance)
+ Kevin A. Bowen ( The Human Rights Alliance)!
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3/8+9 • SIE FilmCenter • Denver, CO
--- 3:30pm - Q&A w/ special guests
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3/16 • Orpheum Theatre • Saugerties, NY
--- 6:30pm - Q&A w/ Richard Heyl de Ortiz
(Hudson Valley LGBTQ+ Community Center)​
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3/21 • Chicago Filmmakers • Chicago
--- 7pm - Q&A w/ Amy Brennan (Illinois Family Caregiver Coalition)
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3/28-30 • AFS Cinema • Austin, TX
--- 3/28 @ 6:30pm - Q&A w/ Hannah Varnell (OUTsider Fest)
--- 3/29 @ 2pm
--- 3/30 @ 2pm - Q&A w/ editor Karen Skloss, moderated by UT-Austin professor Nancy Schiesari
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Past
• Houston Cinema Arts Fest
• Chicago Int'l Film Festival
• University Film and Video Association Conference
• AFS Doc Days Festival
• Cinequest Film Festival (World Premiere)
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IMPACT
We've partnered with Caring Across Generations, to elevate conversations about access to care for older adults while one tour!!! They are working to build real, helpful, thoughtful care systems. They transform cultural norms and narratives about aging, disability, and care; win policy change at
every level; and unite a powerful coalition across the millions of
us who are touched by care. Check out the great work they are doing!!!