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Under False Colors

2024, 18 minutes
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In Reconstruction Era Memphis, two Black women, Frances Thompson and Lucy Smith, redefine the words freedom and community by holding and healing one another in the aftermath of a historic massacre.

Letterboxd. “Under False Colors (2024).” Accessed October 15, 2026. https://letterboxd.com/film/under-false-colors-2024/crew/.

A story about Frances Thompson, the first transgender woman to testify before the U.S. Congress in 1866, and the Free Black community that she belongs to.

Comfrey Films. “Comfrey Films.” Accessed October 15, 2026. https://www.comfreyfilms.org/underfalsecolors.
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