Projects
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Documentary
Media Art
Journalism
Activism
Your Mother’s Comfort // Aconchego da tua Mãe
Trans activist and politician Indianara Siqueira is the mother of a homeless shelter for trans sex workers in the center of Rio called Nem House. Indianara invades a colonial palace in downtown Rio to bargain with the city. As Brazilian democracy crumbles, she fights to save her community from the uncertain streets.
Summer Within // State Dinto
(Work in progress)
An autobiographical film about Summer Minerva, an Italian American transfeminine artist discovering ancient traditions of transgender people in the land of her ancestry.
Skin // Pele
(2017)
Dandara Zainabo has a scar around her belly button from eating bricks as a young child. Today, she is a 19 year old trans activist living on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. This experimental portraiture seeks to preserve the spirit of this mighty woman as both powerful and precarious.
The Generations Project
Intergenerational LGBTQ storytelling project and media archive..
Sisters of the Wicked Wig
(2014)
Feature documenting the explosion of drag culture in Brooklyn, New York, starting with the first annual “Bushwig” drag festival in the summer of 2012.
