Based on the 1998 Grand Jury testimony of President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, small Lies, Big Truth unravels the web of meaning created by this media event. Multiple voices read lines from the court proceedings over lush Super-8 footage of animals in a zoo. The speakers, whose genders shift constantly, fix on key phrases, repeating and interrupting one another. The varied voices and configurations of gendered pronouns render the familiar words ambiguous and strangely intimate. The images of the captive animals echo the disembodied speech patterns, unfolding in fragments, looping or slowing down to emphasize details and repetitive actions. The often disquieting juxtapositions throw into question the contemporary politics of gender and sexuality.