A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
October 13, 2024
Original Title:
Connection | Isolation
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
G6 Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 85
In an airborne pandemic when separation, isolation, and self-sufficiency became the punishing norm, many trans people faced the COVID-19 era differently. G. Chesler’s new documentary feature presents eight portraits of trans, postgender, and genderqueer people sharing their experiences of cultivating, sustaining, and joining communities in this pandemic. These trans community creators center experiences of Asian American people facing violent racism as the pandemic began in late 2019, Black Americans rising in opposition to white supremacist police-state violence in mid 2020, and the exclusion many people who are disabled feel from a society that—despite grave and massive loss—still refuses to habitually protect itself at large.
Additional Editing:
Dani Taylor
Archival Footage Coordinator:
Dani Lamorte
Assistant Director:
Evan Bowen
Associate Producer:
Lazer Selvera
Dani Taylor
Cinematography:
Aubree Bernier-Clarke
Tomasz Geza
Meagan Arnold
LaDawn Manuel
Emilia Quinton
Karen Foote
Aiden Civetti
Colorist:
Emilia Quinton
Creative Consultant:
Q-ROC Ragsdale
Director:
G. Chesler
Editor:
Eli Haan
Graphic Designer:
Eli Haan
Music Score Producer:
Luka Fisher
Online Editor:
Emilia Quinton
Producer:
G. Chesler
Production Assistant:
Christopher MacDougall
Margarida Duque de Castela
Oliver Lardner
Production Design:
Austin Allstadt
Production Sound Mixer:
Kai Tillman
Research Assistant:
Chrys Sotos
Researcher:
Lazer Selvera
Dani Taylor
Grey Copeland
Sound Designer:
Jenstar Hacker
Sound Mixer:
Jenstar Hacker
Title Designer:
Grey Copeland
VFX Artist:
Eli Haan
Vocals:
Kyler O'Neal
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