Trans Filmmakers at Sundance: The Stroll
TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones
TransLash Media
4.3 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
As the 2024 Sundance Film Festival kicks off, Imara is joined by the creators of last year’s award-winning documentary, The Stroll. The film explores the history of New York’s Meatpacking District from the perspective of the trans sex workers who lived and worked there. First, Imara talks with co-director Zackary Drucker about partnering with HBO to produce the film, being a messenger for trans stories, and always saying yes when collaborating. Next, Imara chats with co-director Kristen Lovell about why she began to document her experience as a sex worker on the stroll and how she’s learned to navigate the world of prestige film festivals and studios.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey fam, it's me, Amara. |
| 0:10.5 | Welcome to the TransLash podcast, a show where we tell trans stories to save trans lives. |
| 0:16.9 | So the TransLash podcast, fortunately, is back for another year. |
| 0:21.6 | And we all know that this year is going to be full of challenging and consequential news and stories and events that are really going to test and try us all. |
| 0:32.4 | But today I want to start off by focusing 2024 2024, on trans creativity, specifically trans filmmaking. |
| 0:42.3 | The annual Sundance Film Festival starts off today, and that's a place where films and all formats that will be dominating our culture for years to come are screened and lifted up. |
| 0:55.3 | That's why I'm talking to the people behind The Stroll, about how films are made, |
| 1:00.4 | what it takes, and what it means for those who have been historically marginalized |
| 1:04.7 | to find center stage at a place like Sundance. |
| 1:08.8 | The Stroll is an award-winning documentary |
| 1:11.0 | that tells the story of New York City's meatpacking district |
| 1:14.5 | from the perspective of the trans women of color |
| 1:17.2 | who once engaged in sex work and forged deep connections there. |
| 1:22.1 | It's an incredible film, |
| 1:24.1 | featuring intimate interviews and archival footage |
| 1:26.9 | from the 70s through the early 2000s, |
| 1:30.3 | which touch upon a piece of personal, political, and economic history of New York City during |
| 1:37.3 | this time. This incredible storytelling won a special jury award for clarity of vision at Sundance Film Festival |
| 1:46.0 | in 2023 and debuted from HBO over the summer. So today I'll talk to the stroll's |
| 1:52.4 | directorial team about how the film got made, what it's like to make it big and how all the |
| 1:58.2 | aspiring filmmakers out there can be future sun dance winners. |
| 2:02.7 | First, I'm joined by producer, artist, and co-director of the stroll, |
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