Trans In America: Chicago Love (ep 2: Eisha Love: A Trans Woman of Color in Chicago)
- Submitting institution
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University of Gloucestershire
- Unit of assessment
- 34 - Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management
- Output identifier
- 385
- Type
- Q - Digital or visual media
- Publisher
- ACLU
- Month
- October
- Year
- 2018
- URL
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https://youtu.be/tza8fQ4izgo
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- ‘Chicago Love’, is a short documentary that forms one-third of Trans In America, a 3-part verité documentary series produced by Dryden with the American Civil Liberties Union and a continuation of her filmic explorations of the 'deviant' body. It focuses on Eisha in Chicago, a trans woman incarcerated in a men’s jail. Now, as she rebuilds her life and continues to process the impact of her incarceration, she faces the challenge of finding a job as an out trans woman with a criminal record.
It was broadcast on Conde Nast's new LGBTQ+ digital platform 'them.' The film directly connects to Dryden's key research interests around embodiment, sexuality and the so-called 'deviant body' and producing this series fed into her research on how society treats those with rebellious and non-conforming bodily experiences. Dryden is particularly interested in implementing methodologies for engendering more inclusive representation on-screen and behind the camera, and on embodiment, sexuality, and the so-called 'deviant body' in visual culture. She explores how society treats people with rebellious and non-conforming bodily experiences, and how we might be active in representing ourselves.
The film and its production process is an exemplar of an inclusive production methodology, whereby each film is directed by an LGBTQ+ filmmaker, produced by an inclusive and majority-LGBTQ+ production team, and informed by a panel of transgender advisors. The film team created unusual work practices, to try to enact their values in the filmmaking process as well as in the stories told and impact intended. They created bespoke contracts that allow the film subjects and directors a gratis license to use the footage for their own purposes, and bespoke release forms that promise to share any financial profits with the film subjects. These practices are underpinned by Dryden’s vision of progressiveness, equality and transparency for documentary production.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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