Close to the Chest (2022 - Work In Progress)
Documentary
Close to the Chest is a documentary short film Joseph produced in the first year of their MFA at the School of Visual Arts. The film explores four people’s relationships to their bodies, especially their chests & breasts. The film began as a collaboration with Fallon Smalberg, the therapist and painter behind the viral body-positive art series TittyPix, where she does commissioned watercolor portraits of subjects’ chests, and leads workshops focused on reclaiming a more empowered connection between one’s mind and body.
The film features interviews and documentary footage of Fallon, as well as three people she has painted for the TittyPix series - Sam, a non-binary transfeminine person on HRT, Shoni, a Black breast cancer survivor, and Syd, a non-binary transmasculine person who recently had their breasts removed.
The film is currently in post-production, under the guidance of acclaimed filmmaker & editor Sarra Idris.