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Directed by The Horne Brothers

3X Emmy Award Winners & Edward Murrow Recipients, Pulitzer Prize Finalists

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Executive Production by Jessica Manning

Award-winning media and cultural storytelling PR strategist and LOVE PATRICK co-creator.

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Executive Production by Ray Cornelius

Nationally recognized broadcaster, cultural commentator, and LOVE PATRICK co-creator.

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CNN - A closer look at Patrick Kelly’s tragically short but outsized influence on fashion by Bianca Betancourt

The documentary will premiere at several film festivals later this summer and offers an intimate look at Kelly's career, charting his unlikely success and tragic death at 35 due to complications from AIDS.

CBS News - 17th annual BronzeLens Film Festival empowers Black filmmakers, spotlights Patrick Kelly documentary by La’Tasha Givens

The 17th annual BronzeLens Film Festival celebrated its final weekend at Tara Atlanta, continuing its mission to uplift Black creatives and prove that stories told through a Black and Brown lens belong on the biggest screens.

This year's festival opened with "Love, Patrick," a documentary paying tribute to the life, trials and triumphs of trailblazing fashion designer Patrick Kelly.

The Truth Seekers Journal - 17th annual BronzeLens Film Festival empowers Black filmmakers, spotlights Patrick Kelly documentary by Milton Kirby

opening night of the 17th annual BronzeLens Film Festival and the world premiere of Love, Patrick: Nothing is Impossible, a documentary about a Black designer from Mississippi whose journey took him from the American South to the highest levels of Paris fashion.

The Atlanta Voice - BronzeLens Film Festival celebrates 17 years by Noah Washington

BronzeLens Film Festival opens its 17th year with films exploring fashion, grief and mental health, including documentaries on Patrick Kelly and Atlanta milliner Otis Damon.

The festival kicked off on Friday, August 21, with a slew of films for opening night. The slate included films like "Love Patrick: Nothing is Impossible" and a slate of official selections from countries including Australia, Canada, France, Ghana, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, all produced by or centered on people of color.

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Upscale Magazine - Fashion Friday: Love, Legacy & Buttons — The Enduring Brilliance of Patrick Kelly By Dr. Courtney Hammonds

Honoring Patrick’s legacy at an intimate preview at SCADfash Museum

AJC’S UATL - Documentary on designer Patrick Kelly opens Atlanta’s BronzeLens Film Festival by Christopher A. Daniel

“Love, Patrick: Nothing is Impossible,”is one of the marquee offerings in a festival that will bring Black and brown filmmakers from across the diaspora to Atlanta for screenings, master classes, workshops and conversations over two weekends, Aug. 21-23 and Aug. 27-30.

Upscale Magazine - Love Patrick: Fashion's Storytellers Gather to Honor Patrick Kelly's Eternal Legacy by Dr. Courtney Hammonds

On Thursday, August 13, the Auburn Research Library of African American Culture and History opens its doors for Style Is a Witness: Why Fashion Journalism Matters — less a panel than a homecoming, a room full of people who understand that fashion, at its best, is memory made wearable.

The Truth Seekers Journal - BronzeLens Enters a New Era with Expanded Festival, New Leadership and a Focus on Building Black Cinema by Milton Kirby

The festival opens with the world premiere of “Love, Patrick: Nothing is Impossible,” directed byThe Horne Brothers. The documentary chronicles the extraordinary life of fashion designer Patrick Kelly, the first American admitted to the prestigious Chambre Syndicale du Prêt-à-Porter in Paris.

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Vicksburg News - There is a new documentary on Vicksburg’s Patrick Kelly

A new documentary is in production, chronicling the life, triumphs, and untimely death of groundbreaking fashion designer Patrick Kelly

Atlanta News First - Bronzelens Film Festival by ATL Live Staff

Atlanta News First's Monica Pearson sat down with the festival's executive producer, Kathleen Bertrand, and “Love Patrick’s executive producer, Jessica Manning, about what you can expect at the festival and why Patrick Kelly’s story is one of empowerment & joy.

Arts ATL - Nothing is impossible when the BronzeLens Film Festival celebrates the magic of film by Leon Stafford

Love, Patrick: Nothing Is Impossible, a 90-minute documentary exploring the life and rise of the one-time Atlanta powerhouse designer, aims to fix that. Produced and directed as a celebration of the brilliance, joy and audacity Kelly brought as a gay, Black, Mississippi-born artist who conquered 1980s fashion from his perch in Paris, Love, Patrick is one of more than 150 films that are part of the two-week Festival, now in its 17th year.

PR Newswire - The World Will Be Watching as BronzeLens Celebrates Its 17th Annual Film Festival by Bronze Lens Film Festival

The 17th Annual BronzeLens Film Festival returns to Atlanta August 21–23 and August 27–30, 2026, bringing together filmmakers, industry leaders, and audiences from around the world for two weekends celebrating the power of diverse storytelling. Opening Night features "Love Patrick: Nothing is Impossible," directed by the Horne Brothers, a compelling documentary chronicling the life and legacy of visionary fashion designer Patrick Kelly.