Film and Documentary
Sean Saifa Wall uses film to tell stories about family, incarceration, blackness, HIV, and queer and intersex history. His media company, Unborn Son, brings powerful narratives from the margins to the center. Started in 2018, Unborn Son Media is the creative arm of Sean Saifa Wall’s legacy work.
Letters to an Unborn Son
A documentary film project about the impact of incarceration on a family and how love survived the walls of confinement. Letters to an Unborn Son is a passion project of Sean Saifa. He conceived of this project back in 2013 when his mom gave him a packet of letters addressed to him. The letters were from Sean Saifa’s Dad and he wrote them while he was incarcerated. When Sean Saifa started reading the letters, a flood of memories came back and he wondered what would it mean to respond to those letters as an adult. Responding to the letters brought back suppressed memories and Sean Saifa was able to connect parts of himself past that he had all but forgotten.
This documentary retraces those steps and revisits one of the most profound and perhaps the most devastating parts of Sean Saifa’s life.
Other Documentary Works
Captured in 1999, this video documents the House of Latex by talking to its members and other participants who belong to the House and Ballroom community in New York City. The House of Latex is a project of the Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York City.
This documentary follows Pastors for Peace as they challenge the US blockade against Cuba. The focus of this piece is senior citizens in Cuba as well as highlighting the Cuban fight for sovereignty and dignity.