Film & Music
I’m a Person I Promise
I’m a Person I Promise is a short dance film exploring the visibility of identity through the lens of trans and disabled experience. This abstract film follows dancer, Casey Hall-Landers, wearing a patchwork of past and present clothes tied to their gender presentation. As they dance with their coffee date, Forest Lee, paint streaks across their skin and bleeds through the surface of the patchwork. Attempts to stay within the intimacy of the dance and participate in the seemingly normal activities of the coffee date give way and Casey must uncover what they try to hide alone.
The Shapeshifters Song
by Van Cleary-Hammarstedt
my friend tommy is a shapeshifter
shed his gender like a worn-out skin
followed the footsteps of one of the tricksters
said you’re never too old to begin
he said love is love love is love
have you ever been a shapeshifter?
shed your skin like a rattlesnake
followed the footsteps of one of the tricksters
live your dream whatever it takes
can you feel when love is love? love is love
where do we start if not from the heart
where do we start if not from our soul
where do we start in the midst of disaster
where do we start if not with some laughter
love is love
maybe it’s time to be a shapeshifter
live your dream whatever it takes