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Against The Grain
2011, 6 minutes

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Media type
Country of origin

United States of America

Technical specs

Colour

Languages

English/English

Content Warnings
Unreviewed
Description

Against the Grain transforms the canon of documenting gender transformation, breaks the script of the gender binary & the linear racial focus. Against the Grain follows the story of OluSeyi, a cultural organizer, artist, healer, & Queer Nigerian whose spirit is transcending gender. While documenting a gathered of gender non-conforming & transgender People of Color. People discuss what it means to be "us", engaging the complexities of our race/class/gender/ sexuality/ gender expression in this white supremacist/ patriarchal/ capitalist society.

San Francisco Transgender Film Festival. “2014 San Francisco Transgender Film Festival.” Accessed July 5, 2022. https://sftff.org/san-francisco-transgender-film-festival-sftff-2014-festival/.

Cast & Crew
Crew
Distribution
Screenings

2014-11-08 7:30 PM

San Francisco Transgender Film Festival

Against The Grain!

References
Third World Newsreel. “Against the Grain - Available from TWN.” Accessed November 15, 2023. https://www.twn.org/catalog/pages/responsive/cpage.aspx?rec=1494&card=price.