Earth to KB | Program 2: Documentaries | 2024 San Francisco Transgender Film Festival

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Earth to KB is a documentary portrait of KB Brookins: a Black, queer, and trans writer and artist from Texas. The film explores the expansive worlds within KB's poetry, as well as intimate moments shared with their wife, friends, and community in Austin. KB performs selected poems from their collections, Freedom House, and, How To Identify Yourself With a Wound, within the film.

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Em is a non-binary filmmaker based in Austin, Texas. Their documentary short films are created in collaboration across a variety of art disciplines, centering queer, trans, and disabled creatives. Their work has screened at festivals such as BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, TRANSlations, and Bucheon International Animation Festival.

emshapiro.com/films/earth-to-kb

Year
2024
Runtime
19 minutes
Language
English
Country
United States
Premiere
California
Genre
Documentary, Short
Subtitle Language
English
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Director
Em Shapiro
Screenwriter
KB Brookins
Producer
An Chen and Ariel Juarez
Cast
KB Brookins
Cinematographer
Luciano Gonzalez
Editor
Em Shapiro
Production Design
Teresa Guerrero C.
Composer
Yvonne Eniola Goodwyne
Sound Design
Matthew Lennon

7 films in package

Earth to KB

A portrait of KB Brookins; a Black, queer and trans writer from Texas manifesting freedom in their present and future.

Lavender Outlaws

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MY FIERCE AUNT BIANCA

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Finding my voice

Two transgender women explore their feminine voice to try to match the person they are.

Closed captions available

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Chosen Family

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