2023 Outfest Fusion Festival

Shorts: Art and Activism - Virtual

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The LGBTQ+ rights movement spent pivotal years combatting erasure and stigma through their activism, and queer artists have been integral and participatory changemakers and cultural bearers within these movements. In this series of shorts, we bear witness to filmmakers documenting how grassroots activists are shaping pathways for communities to see themselves thrive, celebrating uprisings versus perceived disobedience, caring for the environment while envisioning robust futures, creating mutual safe spaces by way of musical connections and rousing queer and trans women and non-binary voices from all over the world to love and be loved. Experience the bitterness alongside the joy, the casualties alongside the victories in the ongoing struggle for us all to be able to, in Mother LaTravious's wise words, "live in a truthful space."

Follows the journey of two Black trans activists who run for office and work to build Louisiana’s first housing refuge for trans and gender non-conforming residents.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    24 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    USA
  • Premiere
    California
  • Director
    Cydney Tucker
  • Producer
    Zaferhan Yumru
  • Cast
    Mariah Moore, Milan Sherry, Marquel Dominick, Meloney Washington, Wendi Cooper
  • Cinematographer
    Zuri Obi
  • Editor
    Jane Geisler
  • Composer
    Sultana Isham
  • Music
    “Stop This Flame” Performed by Celeste
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