Against the Grain Seyi Adebanjo & Betty Yu 2011, 6 min., Color, US To break the mold of past documentaries about gender transformation, AGAINST THE GRAIN goes beyond the usual gender binary and linear racial focus. This short documentary follows the story of OluSeyi,...
Cinema Fouad Mohammed Soueid & Tele Liban 1994, 28 min., Color, Lebanon A documentary on the life and ambitions of a young Lebanese trans woman, Khaled El Kurdi. The video follows her journey from soldier to cabaret dancer in an effort to raise funds for her sex change ...
Coming Full Circle: The Journey of a Korean Transgendered Adoptee Larry Tung 2015, 24 min., Color, US/Korea Pauline Park, a transgender rights activist in New York City, was born into a poor family in post-war Korea. Adopted by white American parents, she left Korea as a 7-month old baby boy and grew up in ...
Jareena, Portrait of a Hijda Prem Kalliat 1990, 25 min., Color, India This video offers a profile of a transsexual and her community in the Indian city of Bangalore. It provides a unique insight into the lives of Hijdas, a society of eunuchs numbering in the tens of tho...
Mama Gloria Luchina Fisher Producer: Yvonne Welbon & Zainab Ali 2020, 76 min., Color, US At a time when Black transgender women face escalating violence and make up the majority of transgender people murdered each year, Gloria Allen’s story is an inspiring portrait of aging seldom seen. B...
Photos of Angie Alan Domínguez Producer: Alan Domínguez, David Domínguez & Jennifer Warren 2011, 55 min., Color, US In 2008, 18 year-old, Mexican-American Angie Zapata was found dead in her small apartment in Greely, Colorado. The media quickly reported that she was a typical teenager – she loved using her cell pho...
Trans Lives Matter! Justice for Islan Nettles Seyi Adebanjo 2013, 7 min., Color, US TRANS LIVES MATTER! JUSTICE FOR ISLAN NETTLES is a powerful and moving document of a community vigil for Islan Nettles, a Transgender Womyn of Color who was beaten to death in front of a New York Poli...
Unspoken Patrick G Lee 2020, 17 min., Color, US Through letter-writing, a community discussion, and a drag performance, six queer and trans Asian Americans grapple with their queerness and consider what family acceptance might look like.
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