This absorbing set of documentary shorts runs the gamut from a Black, queer, and trans writer and artist from Texas, a DJ who has curated a recreation of the Stonewall jukebox from 1969, an aspiring costume designer who visits their island homeland of Guam to make costumes for a children’s theatre and reconnect with distanced parents, the resilience of a Michigan librarian and mother of a transgender child as she navigates the imminent closure of her community library amidst fervent book-banning efforts, an activist who inspired The Trevor Project, a small town that offers a community for trans women, and a lesbian couple inspired by a Time magazine cover
Earth to KB is a documentary portrait of KB Brookins: a Black, queer, and trans writer and artist from Texas. The film explores the expansive worlds within KB's poetry, as well as intimate moments shared with their wife, friends, and community in Austin. KB performs selected poems from their collections, Freedom House, and, How To Identify Yourself With a Wound, within the film.
- Year2024
- Runtime19 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereGeorgia Premiere
- Social Media
- DirectorEm Shapiro
- ProducerAn Chen and Ariel Juarez
- CastKB Brookins
- CinematographerLuciano Gonzalez
- EditorEm Shapiro
- Production DesignTeresa Guerrero C.
- ComposerYvonne Eniola Goodwyne
- Sound DesignMatthew Lennon
This absorbing set of documentary shorts runs the gamut from a Black, queer, and trans writer and artist from Texas, a DJ who has curated a recreation of the Stonewall jukebox from 1969, an aspiring costume designer who visits their island homeland of Guam to make costumes for a children’s theatre and reconnect with distanced parents, the resilience of a Michigan librarian and mother of a transgender child as she navigates the imminent closure of her community library amidst fervent book-banning efforts, an activist who inspired The Trevor Project, a small town that offers a community for trans women, and a lesbian couple inspired by a Time magazine cover
Earth to KB is a documentary portrait of KB Brookins: a Black, queer, and trans writer and artist from Texas. The film explores the expansive worlds within KB's poetry, as well as intimate moments shared with their wife, friends, and community in Austin. KB performs selected poems from their collections, Freedom House, and, How To Identify Yourself With a Wound, within the film.
- Year2024
- Runtime19 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereGeorgia Premiere
- Social Media
- DirectorEm Shapiro
- ProducerAn Chen and Ariel Juarez
- CastKB Brookins
- CinematographerLuciano Gonzalez
- EditorEm Shapiro
- Production DesignTeresa Guerrero C.
- ComposerYvonne Eniola Goodwyne
- Sound DesignMatthew Lennon