People Like Us

People Like Us

Ryan Collins explores the implications of being a gay man in Revelstoke, BC, while seeking to frame a larger picture of queer life in a mountain small-town.

Directed by Ryan Collins – Produced by Nat Segal
Featuring Ryan Collins – Bruce Johnston – Jasmine Clancy – Lily Bradley – Janet Wong
Open Mountains – Hank Stowers – Queershred Revy – Emma Kelly – Katarina Chycjiz

Made possible by Mountain Hardwear, Storyhive, MEC, Fat Tire, Arts Revelstoke and Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance.

Screenings across North America Fall 2023 – [MEC Link to come]
Streaming online Winter 2024

People Like Us follows Ryan as he connects with the queer community of Revelstoke, seeking their opinions and stories and relationship with mountain culture, in the hope of building perspective into what it is like to be queer in a rural setting.
After moving to Revelstoke in 2020 to work in the mountain sports industry, Ryan felt welcomed, building a strong friend group and work opportunities. Despite this warm reception, he started to feel that there was something missing, a connection with people like him.

As Ryan actively reaches out to members of the local queer community he begins to build a better understanding of the shared queer experience. In doing so People Like Us will celebrate the existence of queer folks in non-urban settings, and show that healthy queer communities can flourish in small towns.

Title Art by Maxwell Churchill

Still Image by Laura Szanto