I’m a Person I Promise is a short dance film exploring the visibility of identity through the lens of trans and disabled experience. This abstract film follows dancer, Casey Hall-Landers, wearing a patchwork of past and present clothes tied to their gender presentation. As they dance with their coffee date, Forest Lee, paint streaks across their skin and bleeds through the surface of the patchwork. Attempts to stay within the intimacy of the dance and participate in the seemingly normal activities of the coffee date give way and Casey must uncover what they try to hide alone.
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San Diego Queer Movement Festival June 3rd
"Love me, Maybe" is a short dance film with spoken word that explores my experience as a non-binary person navigating relationships while confronting the expectations of heteronormative gender roles. The story begins with me, the narrator and performer, pleading with my partner to love me despite my being non-binary. This plea evolves into an affirmation of what I am and what I am not—an invocation for my partner to embrace a love that is not dependent on binary heteronormative definition. (Captioned version available.)
Music Video: Jazzie Lock
Directed, filmed, and edited by Casey Hall-Landers
Music Video: Andrea Turk
Directed and edited by Casey Hall-Landers