San Francisco Documentary Festival 2022

Shorts 8: It's Just Me (plus Q&A)

Expired June 13, 2022 6:59 AM
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5 films in package
It's Just Me
It's Just Me is a portrait of Allie Cole, a black transgender woman who lives at the fault lines of America's concerns about gender and race, just by being her authentic self. She negotiates the demands of sex work, activism, her complex relationship with her parents, and finding love. Allie Cole is a 26-year-old Black trans woman in Austin, Texas. After overcoming her childhood trauma and negotiating her own gender transition, she is inspired to further support the growing trans community. We witness firsthand her interest in helping trans women to feel safe, visible, and loved. Allie wants to create a non-profit called Allie's Angels, and her hope is to offer social and emotional support to other trans women. Allie wants to learn the best ways to help by learning what other girls need and how to counsel them. Allie's own experiences with being rejected for coming out to her family have left a scare. Now she dreams of offering resources, so other trans women don't have to struggle alone.
Quinn
QUINN is a thought-provoking documentary about change and identity.
The Act of Coming Out
A group of queer and trans actors in Los Angeles audition for the role of coming out. As they reenact typical coming out scenes, they draw from their own biographies, intertwining with the filmmaker and blurring the line between reality and performance.
The Black Veil
Bradley (they / them) has recently joined The Order of Perpetual Indulgence – an LGBTQ+ protest group who use religious imagery, drag, and performance to call attention to sexual intolerance. The group has provided Bradley with a supportive community and a social purpose. As someone who has struggled with their own gender identity for years, Bradley now identifies as non-binary, neither male or female – but is aware that this identity is not fully recognised by wider society or the state. Bradley now has two events approaching: their wedding to long-term partner, Emma, and their ordination as ‘Black Veil’ – the highest level within The Order of Perpetual Indulgence. Will these two events give Bradley the confidence to step out into the world as the authentic version of themself?
It's Just Me Q&A

Bradley (they / them) has recently joined The Order of Perpetual Indulgence – an LGBTQ+ protest group who use religious imagery, drag, and performance to call attention to sexual intolerance. The group has provided Bradley with a supportive community and a social purpose. As someone who has struggled with their own gender identity for years, Bradley now identifies as non-binary, neither male or female – but is aware that this identity is not fully recognised by wider society or the state. Bradley now has two events approaching: their wedding to long-term partner, Emma, and their ordination as ‘Black Veil’ – the highest level within The Order of Perpetual Indulgence. Will these two events give Bradley the confidence to step out into the world as the authentic version of themself?

  • Runtime
    29 minutes
  • Country
    United Kingdom
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  • Director
    Ling Lee