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Meet
Jack, Davyn, Aiden and Max.
Jack, a transgender man living in Brooklyn, has
recently started sleeping with a cisgender* man after exclusively dating women
his entire adult life. His friend Davyn is on the verge of proposing to his
longtime girlfriend, Amy. Aiden, the youngest of the group - pre-testosterone
and pre-surgery - is aiming to raise money for his top surgery as the date
approaches. Max, the eldest, has been on hormones longer than both Jack and
Davyn, but hasn’t had the financial resources to obtain his top surgery.
There is
a definite lack of trans masculine stories being told; stories that
reflect us and the people we know. This is where you come in. BROTHERS follows
the daily lives, the ups and down, ins and outs of what it means to live as a
transgender individual in today’s urban society.
Do you
know a Davyn? Are you an Aiden? These are our friends, our teachers, our
coworkers, our husbands, our BROTHERS.
ABOUT US
Emmett
Lundberg (writer/director) is an award-winning screenwriter living in Brooklyn.
He has spent many years on the sets of feature films including "Extremely
Loud and Incredibly Close," "Julie & Julia," and the
upcoming "Birdman." BROTHERS was born of Emmett's desire to see
himself and his community reflected on the small screen (or any screen.)
Chris
Rodriguez (director of photography) was born in the Bronx and currently lives
in Brooklyn. He has worked on several major motion pictures, including
“American Gangster”; “Across the Universe”; “Duplicity” and “A Walk Among the
Tombstones.” Chris is currently submitting his short film "Early
Learnings" to festivals worldwide, and is developing two other original
feature films.
Sheyam
Ghieth (producer) has been a bus driver, a foreign correspondent and a
designer. She was born in Egypt and has lived in Zimbabwe, Sudan, Germany,
Italy and Louisiana. She has worked on several feature films, including
"The Bourne Legacy," "Sex and the City 2," and "Side
Effects," as well as television shows such as "Gossip Girl."
WHAT WE NEED & WHAT YOU GET
BROTHERS needs your help to make these characters come to life. The money raised will go toward shooting the remaining 7 episodes of an 8-episode first season. The shoot is projected over three weeks in September and the funds will be used for professional crew, equipment, transportation, location fees and feeding said crew. We are, in effect, shooting the equivalent of a full-scale feature film on a streamlined budget.
We're asking you to help us raise $60,000 and, in exchange, not only will you become a part of the team making this series come alive, but you'll also get truly wonderful, covetable perks!
Anything you can donate we can use. $1. $10. $100. Really, every single penny will get us closer to our goal.
You know you want to see what happens next!
THE IMPACT
Making trans stories more visible is a huge stepping stone in moving transgender equality forward. By telling personal and compelling stories, we hope to share the similarities of trans individuals with the world. And given the popularity of characters such as Sophia Burset on Netflix’s "Orange is the New Black," (played by trans woman Laverne Cox) it is evident not
only that trans voices can be vivid and compelling but that there is a market
for them. OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP
If you can't pitch in monetarily just now, there are other ways to help! Share our campaign and video with everyone you know! Link to our Web site and basically help us get the word out about the project.
Donate your home, business, location, time or equipment. We are calling in favors from everyone we know.
The world needs BROTHERS, especially now. And with your help, we can realize this vision.
*Cisgender
individuals identify with the gender they were assigned at birth.