It’s Only Life After All
Directed by Alexandria Bombach
Blending 40 years of home movies, raw film archive, and intimate present-day verité, a poignant reflection from Amy Ray & Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls — the iconic folk rock duo. A timely look into the obstacles, activism, and life lessons of two queer friends who never expected to make it big.
Impact Partners Presents. In Association with InMaat Productions, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Red Reel & Tinfish Films.
2023 / 123 MINUTES
About
the Team
Alexandria Bombach — Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Alexandria is an award-winning documentary director from Santa Fe, New Mexico. As the cinematographer and editor of her films, she is known for a distinct intimacy with her subjects. Her recent work has focused on exploring ethics in journalism and advocacy, and challenging misperceptions of the refugee crisis. Her feature-length documentary, ON HER SHOULDERS (2018), won Best Directing in the US Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival, was nominated for two Film Independent Spirit Awards, and was shortlisted for the Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature. Her first feature-length documentary, FRAME BY FRAME (2015) premiered at SXSW and went on to win over 25 film festival awards. Alexandria is the founder of the Santa Fe Editing & Writing Residency, a 2019 Sundance Institute Momentum Fellow, and a 2019 Chicken & Egg Award Fellow.
Kathlyn Horan — Producer
Kathlyn is an award-winning director and producer based in Los Angeles and the founder of TinFish Films. Her latest documentary, THE RETURN OF TANYA TUCKER – FEATURING BRANDI CARLILE (Sony Pictures Classics) won the Audience Award at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival, screened at Telluride, TIFF, was a Critic’s Choice Nominee, and featured on DocNYC’s prestigious shortlist. Her previous producing project, BREAKING 2 (Nat Geo), won the 2018 Cannes Lion Gold & Silver, Gold, and Silver Clios, garnered an Emmy nomination, and was a finalist for the Tribeca X Award. The project brought together two iconic brands, National Geographic and Nike in a feature documentary following the journey to break the 2-hour marathon barrier. The project spanned six countries on three continents, including a live-stream event with 19.2 million viewers. Her documentary feature THE IF PROJECT, premiered at the 2016 Seattle International Film Festival and won the Lena Sharp Award for Persistence of Vision and a Special Jury Prize. She has produced commercials for major brands, music videos for Grammy-winning artists, and award-winning scripted shorts including PAST DUE which won a jury prize at the 2012 Woodstock Film Festival.
Brittan Dunham — Archival Producer
Brittan is an archival producer at Multitude Films. In addition to her work at Multitude Films, her recent projects include THE AMERICAN DREAM AND OTHER FAIRY TALES (Sundance 2021) and FREE CHOL SOO LEE (Sundance 2021). As a researcher and archivist she has contributed to character-driven documentaries such as THE BEE GEES: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART (HBO) and LUCY AND DESI (Amazon), which won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program. Prior to that, she was the Archive Director at Parkwood Entertainment and contributed to such projects as Beyoncé’s LEMONADE, HOMECOMING, and SELF-TITLED visual album. She has an M.A. in Moving Image Archiving and Preservation from NYU and produces the Association of Moving Image Archivists’ annual Archival Screening Night, which has aired on Turner Classic Movies.
Co-Producers
Colleen Cassingham
Brock Williams
Archival Producers
Erin Chisholm
Producers
Jess Devaney
Anya Rous
Executive Producers
Jenny Raskin
Geralyn White Dreyfous
Ann & Sara Lovell
Debbie L. McLeod
Meadow Fund
Alexandra Shiva
The Wadsworth Family
Adam & Melony Lewis
Jeff Pechter
Scott & Molly Forstall
Tegan Acton & Emma Pompetti
Co-Executive Producers
Katy Drake Bettner
Julie Parker Benello
Rhianon Jones
Lauren Haber
Susan Polsky
Kelsey Koenig
Barbara & Eric Dobkin
Pierre Hauser
Meryl Metni
