New Irish trans documentary: Identities |
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Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of meeting director and musician Vittoria Colonna and producer Rachel Lysaght, who were in LA for our Irish Film Festival. They have a new film out called ‘Identities.’ It profiles five trans people in Ireland, each representing an aspect of the trans experience. The stories themselves are given room to breathe, and each story has a relaxed pace that allows time to get to know each subject better than most transdocs.
As the bar gets set higher and higher on the transdoc genre, we’re starting to see better production values and more innovative lensing. This film has beautifully shot color interstitials before each black-and-white interview, which gives the whole piece a performative tone. One of the central themes of each interview is the performativity of gender, and the whole film feels joined thematically despite the very different backgrounds and experiences of each trans person.
The film has a great score which includes some singing by the director. Anyone considering a documentary should look at this as an example of where production quality needs to be these days to break through.
http://www.filmireland.net/tag/identities/
Filmmaker’s site:
http://www.colonnavittoria.com/
