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READ MORE: Meet the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Filmmakers
Boy becomes gimp, gimp makes film, gimp gets girl, girl and gimp have baby, gimp loses girl, gimp loses fuckin’ mind, gimp goes down in cinema history.
“TransFatty Lives” is a 10-year epic visual diary. It’s an emotional rollercoaster. It takes you into the dark heart of ALS (a.k.a. Lou Gehrig’s disease) by way of love, laughter, paranoia, depression, and the crazy absurdities of life. And it’s a how-to film for my baby boy, Sean.
Too glam to give a damn.
You mean, besides having ALS? Besides having my hard drives stolen? Besides missing footage, no money, and collaborators who came and went, making “TransFatty Lives” was a cakewalk.
Never count anyone out.
“Koyaanisqatsi”
Hot Docs for our international premiere and then the world!
Exclusively using Gimp-Cam technology. Seriously, we utilized technology in a huge way on this film. We used every format of camera, from Hi-8 to Hi-Def, from 16mm to 35mm to anamorphic …
Our fiscal sponsor is the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). Thanks to their suggestion we used RocketHub to crowdfund. We also had some amazing investors who helped get the film finished. Right now I’ve launched a new RocketHub campaign to help get me and my caregivers to Tribeca for my World Premiere. You can learn how to donate by visiting www.transfattylives.com.
The School of VHS Arts (also, the School of Visual Arts in NY)
Indiewire invited Tribeca Film Festival directors to tell us about their films, including what inspired them, the challenges they faced and what they’re doing next. We’ll be publishing their responses leading up to the 2015 festival. For profiles go HERE.
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