live documentary performance, 2023-present

Directed and performed by: Keith Wilson
Produced by: Keith Wilson & Emile Bokaer

In 2017, filmmaker and producer Keith Wilson (Joonam, I Didn't See You There, Interior. Leather Bar.) began a feature documentary about Frank Moore, the controversial Berkeley-based performance artist, public access TV host, shaman, and commune leader. With complete access to Moore’s extensive archive, Keith began shooting interviews, crafting grant proposals, and editing numerous work samples for what he anticipated would be his feature directorial debut. Seven years later, however, the film still has not been made. What happened? Moore for Sale is a provocative and entertaining live documentary performance that examines the tangled relationships between art and commerce, disability and positionality, makers, and audiences.

Over the course of an hour, Wilson weaves together the biographical details of Frank Moore’s life, art, disability, and communal family with Wilson’s professional and personal journey as a queer documentary filmmaker as images and videos play on the screen behind Wilson in a humorous, self-deprecating fashion.

Performances

Firehouse Cinema, NYC - Theatrical Premiere
Camden Int’l Film Festival - World Premiere
IDFA Amsterdam - European Premiere
Getting Real (Int’l Doc. Association Conference)
First Look Festival - Museum of Moving Image
DC DOX Film Festival