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Short films, Film fests, YouTube, and Reels

In 2024 we received the No Man’s Land Film Festival’s Genderqueer Filmmaker Grant which helped us bring Full Spectrum - A Queer Outdoorsy Film About Autism, to life. It had its World Premier in Denver in 2025 as well as travel around via the NMLFF World Tour. During the No Man’s Land Flagship Festival Erin received the Fem-Wow Award for favorite All-Woman production / Director. Full Spectrum was also selected for the NMLFF World Tour and was recently selected for the Muskoka Film Festival in Ontario, Canada.

We’ve been hired by numerous outdoor brands to breathe life into projects.

Recent video clients include Outside, Merrell, Coleman, Orvis, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Stio, and ENO Hammocks.

 

Authentic Asheville’s 2024 Cinematography Reel

Marathon Motivation by Authentic Asheville

 

Reimagine Purpose Project x Coleman Collective feat. Danielle Johnson

Erin McGrady August 21, 2022

A short film about Danielle Johnson, founder of NC BIPOC Climbers, presented by Coleman, created by Erin McGrady and Caroline Whatley of Authentic Asheville. PA: Camille Nevarez-Hernandez

Reimagine Purpose Project x Coleman Collective feat. Morgan Owle Crisp

Erin McGrady August 7, 2022

A short film about Morgan Owle Crisp, presented by Coleman, created by Erin McGrady and Caroline Whatley of Authentic Asheville.

a collage of photographs. the photo in the middle is the largest and Erin McGrady is on a ropes course in a harness and helmet working her way to a wooden platform where a woman in an orange helmet waits for her.

Finding LGBTQ+ Safe Spaces on the Road

Erin McGrady March 6, 2022

We took on our first assignment for the online magazine, dapperQ, back in 2017. dapperQ is “…one of the worlds most widely read digital queer style magazines and is a preeminent voice in queer fashion and beauty. We inspire people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender presentations to think differently about both queer fashion and beauty as art and visual activism, and ultimately have a deeper, more fulfilling relationship with style.” Though Caroline and I don’t see ourselves as leaders in queer fashion and beauty, their travel section is a natural fit for us and we’ve been sharing our creative efforts with dapperQ’s audience pro bono ever since, having created guides for them from all across the United States. Our most recent adventure took place in Greenville, SC.

Tags queer, travel, LGBTQ, dapperQ
Erin McGrady and Caroline Whatley are facing the camera and smiling. They are each gripping each other's right hand and are crouched down in an athletic position. They are at an overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway and the mountains are hazy .

How does #LoveMove you? Erin McGrady and Caroline Whatley at an overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Brooks Running gear, winter 2022.

Love Moves Campaign With Brooks Running

Erin McGrady February 20, 2022

We often share about our love for one another and our love for running so when Brooks Running approached us about teaming up with them for their LGBTQ campaign called Love Moves, we jumped at the opportunity because it truly felt like a good fit. We worked with them to help create content in the form of two separate Instagram Reels and Carousels. The Reel we made that went on their channel was viewed 45,000 times in one week. This project aligned with our values and was also a lot of fun to produce.

Tags content marketing, content creation, running, LGBTQ
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