Connection | Isolation
Witnessing trans lives in COVID-19
85 mins
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.
JD Davids
Self
Bakpak Durden
Self
Dan Kingsley
Self
Kirin Queer Wave
Self
Dani Taylor
Self
Cole Wolf
Self
Cecilia Gentili
Self
G. Chesler
Director
G. Chesler
Producer
Eli Haan
Editor
Eli Haan
VFX Artist
Eli Haan
Graphic Designer
Aubree Bernier-Clarke
Cinematography
Tomasz Geza
Cinematography
Meagan Arnold
Cinematography
LaDawn Manuel
Cinematography
Emilia Quinton
Cinematography
Karen Foote
Cinematography
Aiden Civetti
Cinematography
Lazer Selvera
Associate Producer
Lazer Selvera
Researcher
Dani Taylor
Associate Producer
Dani Taylor
Researcher
Dani Taylor
Additional Editing
Kai Tillman
Production Sound Mixer
Luka Fisher
Music Score Producer
Emilia Quinton
Colorist
Emilia Quinton
Online Editor
Jenstar Hacker
Sound Designer
Jenstar Hacker
Sound Mixer
Grey Copeland
Researcher
Grey Copeland
Title Designer
Chrys Sotos
Research Assistant
Christopher MacDougall
Production Assistant
Margarida Duque de Castela
Production Assistant
Oliver Lardner
Production Assistant
Evan Bowen
Assistant Director
Austin Allstadt
Production Design
Q-ROC Ragsdale
Creative Consultant
Dani Lamorte
Archival Footage Coordinator
Kyler O'Neal
Vocals