Beautiful Daughters
The documentary of our VDay LA event
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Above: Calpernia Addams in “Casting Pearls."
Deep Stealth Productions’ short film “Casting Pearls” will have its London premiere on 5 April 2008, as part of the 22nd London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.
The Role I Was Born to Play
Transgender artists challenge Hollywood with stinging media critiques.
Casting Pearls (Dir. Andrea James | USA 2007 | 7min)
A punchy series of Hollywood auditions reveals the stereotypes faced by a transsexual actress.
The Role I Was Born to Play (Dir. Lukas Blakk | Canada 2007 | 9min)
A clever and heartfelt deconstruction of mainstream Hollywood genderbender flicks.
F. Scott Fitzgerald Slept Here (Dir. Jules Rosskam | USA 2007 | 25min)
A white FTM poet and a Black gay physicist question the limits of their intimate friendship during a weekend trip.
Godspeed (Dir. Lynn Breedlove, Jen Gilomen | USA 2007 | 16min)
A punk bike messenger’s devotion to his drug habit rivals the intensity of his relationship with his girlfriend.
Miggy n Lil (Dir. bug Davidson | USA 2006 | 17min)
A Texan butcher’s dreams come true when a sexy thief stops by for some steak.
Also playing on 4 April is Beautiful Daughters, about Deep Stealth’s 2004 all-transgender performance of The Vagina Monologues.
Beautiful Daughters
The empowering process of constructing and performing an all-trans version of The Vagina Monologues forms the basis of this uplifting documentary. Making the point that ‘queer issues and women’s issues are our issues’, the new monologues draw clear links between sexism, homophobia and transphobia.
The play featured in Ariel Jordan and Josh Aronson’s film was produced by creative duo Andrea James and Calpernia Addams, who together with the creator of the original monologues, Eve Ensler, work collaboratively with a diverse group of trans women to make an entirely new piece. As the day of the performance draws near, big life decisions get made, a vibrant piece of theatre is formed and a community finds a strong collective voice.
Beautiful Daughters is screening with the short “Whatever Suits You”:
Beautiful Daughters (Dir. Josh Aronson | USA 2006 | 61min)
A group of trans women collaborate to form a vibrant piece of theatre.
Whatever Suits You (Dir. Ashley Altadonna | USA 2006 | 7min)
The transformation of a suit to a dress reflects one woman’s physical, mental, and emotion transition.
Deep Stealth’s Calpernia Addams is scheduled to appear at both screenings. Please check Calpernia’s blog for the latest updates.
22nd London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival website:
http://www.bfi.org.uk/llgff/
Friday, January 18, 2008
Beautiful Daughters has been chosen to screen in the 22nd London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. The festival, organized by the British Film Institute (BFI), is the third largest film festival in the UK and attracts audiences of over 25,000. The LLGFF will run from 27 March - 10 April 2008.
The documentary chronicles Deep Stealth Productions’ V-Day LA 2004 event, which was the first-ever all-transgender cast performance of Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues. Deep Stealth’s Calpernia Addams will also be performing at the V to the 10th event in New Orleans April 11-12, 2008.
* London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
* V to the Tenth
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Here’s the annual summary of highlights from Deep Stealth Productions, co-founded by Calpernia Addams and Andrea James:
- Beautiful Daughters was made available free via Logo online
- Episodes of ‘The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch’ and ‘Cristina’ in which Calpernia and Andrea appeared were nominated for GLAAD Media Awards
- Coming Out Volume 2 was made available via Deep Stealth online
- Deep Stealth attended the historic Visible Vote 08 Presidential Forum
- Calpernia and Andrea appeared in the short film Laundromat
Deep Stealth’s short film Casting Pearls was the big project of the year:
- Picked up by Frameline Distribution
- Premiered at Frameline 31
- Played as part of Outfest 25’s Girls Shorts
- Screened at Gay Days Anaheim
- Screened at the Woodstock Film Festival
- Played as part of “best of” screenings in LA and San Francisco
- Played at over a dozen other festivals and screenings
- Had its television premiere on Logo’s The Click List: Best in Short Film
- Picked up by German distributor Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH
Calpernia and Andrea are currently filming an eight-episode competitive dating series for Logo called ‘Transamerican Love Story,’ scheduled to air in February. Thanks to all who made 2007 such a great year for Deep Stealth!
Saturday, January 06, 2007
LOGO network has released the Beautiful Daughters documentary online in its entirety. The program follows the making of the first all-transgender performance of The Vagina Monlogues by Eve Ensler, produced by Deep Stealth Productions as part of Eve’s worldwide anti-violence movement VDay.
Beautiful Daughters complete program
Note: LOGOonline video can only be viewed on computers running Windows at this time.
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Logo network has made the documentary about Deep Stealth’s all-transgendered Vagina Monologues performance available on iTunes.
Beautiful Daughters aired as part of Logo’s Real Momentum series. To watch it for $1.99, click the link below:
Beautiful Daughters on iTunes
For more on using iTunes, please visit Apple’s iTunes website.
For more on the documentary, please visit LOGO’s page on Beautiful Daughters
Monday, February 06, 2006
Watch post-screening Q&A session
Eve Ensler, Andrea James, Calpernia Addams and cast members attended a LOGO-sponsored screening of “Beautiful Daughters" in Hollywood tonight. The screening was followed by a Q&A session and refreshments.
