During the Queerdoc Breakout Session at Getting Real, Disclosure Fellow Nava Mau described her experience in the program as “my own personal film school.” At the time, Mau had just begun to work in the film industry and reflected on the experience as pivotal to her career. The Disclosure Fellowship, however, was designed specifically to teach new skills, network, and experience a set where Trans lives are centered and valued. When we didn't do that, we mentored a Trans person.” According to the Disclosure website, the nine Fellows were “provided a daily stipend, meals, networking opportunities with industry professionals, hands-on training and mentorship.”Ī common issue with diversity initiatives is that, oftentimes, the environment is hostile toward those from underrepresented backgrounds because the host organizations generally do not address the underlying issues affecting the lack of diversity. “In production, we prioritized hiring Trans people. “Over 120 Trans people contributed to Disclosure,” Feder noted at the beginning of the keynote. The making of Disclosure is a guide for inclusion and accountability of historically underrepresented and misrepresented communities the crew consisted of mostly Trans-identifying makers and Fellows. Disclosure is proof of what can happen when the content is reflected in the process.” We get to choose where we put our energy, our action and intention. “Our production model-having Trans people on all sides of the camera, our commitment to paying and training Trans people- is what makes it unique,” Feder explained. In his keynote address at Getting Real ‘20, Feder discussed the three ways the production of Disclosure dismantled traditional documentary practice: empowering crews to become leaders, compensating protagonists, and centering the unseen and unacknowledged. In the making of Disclosure, Feder made sure to address issues of representation and diversity both on screen and behind the scenes. The film interrogates how the projected images of Trans life have influenced the perception of Trans identity for both cisgender and Transgender audiences. When the history of cinema has failed to accurately portray our communities, how can we find a new path forward to right the decades of wrong? Disclosure, directed by Sam Feder, tackles the issues of Trans representation in film and television. Actress/activist Laverne Cox in Sam Feder’s Disclosure And so, if you are a person of color, an LGBTQ person, a person who is an immigrant, a person with a disability, you develop a critical awareness because you understand that the images that you’re seeing are not your life.” “When you are a member of a marginalized community, most film and television is not made with you in mind.
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