SHATZI IS DYING Video, 55 minutes, 2000

VHS $19.95/DVD $24.95

SHATZI IS DYING follows the story of two lesbians and the frequent near-death experiences of their beloved rescue Doberman.  By juxtaposing ancient history and religious beliefs with queer culture, this videotape sheds light on the strategies that have enabled people throughout time to survive and ensure their histories. SHATZI IS DYING is an often humorous meditation on death and the desire to preserve life in the moment.

"Carlomusto's SHATZI IS DYING stands alongside Tom Joslin's SILVERLAKE LIFE, Marlon Riggs, BLACK IS, BLACK AIN'T, and Gregg Bordowitz's FAST TRIP, LONG DROP...videos that transform the documentary form through their enccounters with mortality".

Ann Cvetkovich, An Archive of Feelings