The Safe Word is Family.
DOM MOM – Completion Funds Investment Pitch
DOM MOM is a feature documentary about Sheree Rose, 84 — a pioneering performance artist, activist, dominatrix, and fierce advocate for LGBTQ and women’s rights whose work helped redefine the boundaries of art, sexuality, illness, and power.
Rose is not an underground curiosity — she is a cultural force. Her late partner Bob Flanagan was the subject of SICK: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist, which won the Special Jury Prize at Sundance (1997) and top documentary honors in Los Angeles and Berlin. That film became a landmark of 1990s independent cinema and continues to generate academic, institutional, and streaming interest decades later.
Now, nearly 30 years later, DOM MOM revisits that legacy — but from an unprecedented angle: the long, unfiltered perspective of her son. This is not a retrospective. It is a character-driven, marketable documentary about aging, cultural rebellion, artistic longevity, and the complicated endurance of family.
This Film Combines
Built-in recognition within the art and LGBTQ communities
Strong festival positioning (Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, Hot Docs)
Cross-generational appeal (Gen X/Gen Z interest in counterculture and radical art history)
A provocative hook with a deeply emotional core
At 84, Sheree Rose’s story is urgent. This is the moment to capture her voice — and to bring a fearless, culturally significant film to market while its subject is alive and vital.
We Are Ready to Finish.
We are seeking completion funds to finalize post-production and deliver a festival-ready cut. The film is positioned for premiere-driven distribution, with clear pathways to specialty theatrical, streaming, and educational markets.
At 84, Sheree Rose’s story is urgent. This is the moment to capture her voice — and to bring a fearless, culturally significant film to market while its subject is alive and vital.
DOM MOM is bold, controversial, emotionally resonant — and commercially viable.
We are ready to finish.
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