Deep Stealth is excited to announce completion of secondary shooting for our short film “Casting Pearls". Enacting our core mission of improving opportunities and portrayals relevant to transsexual women in the media, our diverse team had talented representatives from all categories, and the film itself will showcase with humor and heart the struggles of a transsexual actress in Hollywood up against decades of discrimiation and wrong ideas.
National Public Radio’s Douglas Hopper interviewed Calpernia and Andrea for a report on transgender voice coaching. The piece is set to air Sunday on All Things Considered. It airs around 4-5pm in most cities: check your local listings. It will also be available online after it airs at www.npr.org.
Deep Stealth will appear on ET’s “The Insider” discussing their work with Felicity Huffman in Transamerica tonight, Friday March 3rd. Check local listings for more information.
Los Angeles listings:
KCBS 2: 7:30 pm
KCSL 9: 1:00 am
Check out The Insider for more, including a sneak peak of the interview with Calpernia and Andrea:
Calpernia and Andrea were in studio for a segment on “The Big Idea” with Donny Deutsch on Thursday, February 23rd. Topics included “Transamerica” and Deep Stealth’s thoughts on trans issues, especially as they relate to Hollywood and the media.
The show also included Aiden Key, his identical twin sister Brenda Chevis, lawyer and author Dhillon Khosla and motorsports pro Terri O’Connell.
Calpernia in the green room
Andrea in the green room
From left: Andrea, Aiden Key, his identical twin sister Brenda Chevis, Calpernia.
Andrea and Calpernia appear on-air during public radio station KPFK‘s annual membership pledge drive with IMRU Executive Producer Rita Gonzales and celebrity co-host George Takei, well known as Star Trek‘s beloved “Mr. Sulu” and an advocate for the GLBT community. They discussed “Soldier’s Girl", “Beautiful Daughters" and their work with Felicity Huffman in “Transamerica”. Deep Stealth also provided autographed DVDs of “Soldier’s Girl” and encouraged listeners to call in their support for the long-running station, which has supported independent expression for almost 50 years in California.
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.
