Jenni Olson is one of the world’s leading experts on LGBT cinema. She has been curating, collecting, writing about and making LGBT film since 1985. Her debut feature film, The Joy of Life world premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and went on to play a pivotal role in renewing debate about the need for a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge, as well as garnering praise from critics and audiences around the globe for its unique storytelling style. Her most recent short film, 575 Castro St. premiered at Sundance 2009.