Container of (work): Fine girl (Motion Picture) Container of (work): My Body is a Place Just Like Any Other (Motion Picture) Container of (work): Ni Aqui Ni Alla (Motion Picture) Container of (work): Princess Stephaney (Motion Picture)
Notes:
Originally produced as documentary shorts in 2021 and 2022. "2022 education release"--Container.
Contents:
Fine girl / a documentary by Darcy McKinnon and Biliana Grozdanova ; produced by Darcy McKinnon cinematogrraphy and edit by Biliana Grozdanova -- My Body is a Place Just Like Any Other / film, Petra Totten ; story editing, Brie Porter ; music, Jacqui Speer -- Princess Stephaney / Bywater Media presents ; a film by: Vaughn Shoonmaker ; produced by Darcy McKinnon -- Ni Aquí Ni Allá / director/producer/editor/sound designer, Ley Comas ; co-producer Eva Staid-Bolow ; cinematography, Ashika Kuruvilla, Ley Comos.
Summary:
"Fractal: Stories Across the Gender Spectrum is a collection of 4 Transgender and Gender Queer Documentary Shorts that explores the wide spectrum of experiences often left out of the traditional narrative. From a successful trans woman running her own salon in New Orleans to a collective experimental video essay road film; the collection expands on the joys, struggles and honest conversations within the community"--Container. A fine girl: A Fine Girl follows Brandi Jarrow, a 27-year old trans woman of color from New Orleans, as she takes the personal and professional success she has achieved as a hairstylist, and works to open an inclusive luxury salon. The film is a joyful, optimistic portrait of what's possible when we include and uplift trans people as essential contributors to our community My body is a place just like any other: Making her way across the deserts of North America in search of a place she can find herself reflected, Carrie muses on her identity through memories, stories, and conversations with people in the trans* community to uncover what it means to have an embodied experience in the world Ni aqui ni alla: Growing up in the Dominican Republic, filmmaker Ley Comas had a negative understanding of their trans identity. Years later, they attempt to share their truth with their religious family Princess Stephaney: When the world shuts down to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, New Orleans' premier drag queen is left without a bar to tend and no one to entertain. With nothing but time on her hands and unpaid bills pilling up, Princess Stephaney reckons with her age, her solitude and an uncertain future for her life in the Crescent City.
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