At the age of 9, I stopped speaking. It's the year I broke from the inside, raped. I came out as a trans boy years later. I am often afraid of becoming a man who I might confuse for the one who hounded my body. This film is a poem, this film is about growing into the unknown.
At the age of 9, I stopped speaking. It's the year I broke from the inside, raped. I came out as a trans boy years later. I am often afraid of becoming a man who I might confuse for the one who hounded my body. This film is a poem, this film is about growing into the unknown.
A film about existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
เมลินดา นักเรียนมัธยมปลายปีหนึ่งปฏิเสธที่จะพูดอะไรเลยนับตั้งแต่เธอโทรแจ้งตำรวจในงานปาร์ตี้ฤดูร้อนสุดฮอต เพื่อนเก่าของเธอดูถูกเธอว่าเป็นหนูทดลอง และพ่อแม่ของเธอยุ่งจนไม่ทันสังเกตเห็นปัญหาของเธอ เธอจึงเก็บตัวเงียบ พยายามปกปิดความลับไว้ว่า แอนดี้ ดารารุ่นพี่คนนั้นข่มขืนเธอในงานปาร์ตี้ แต่เมลินดาก็สามารถหาความสงบสุขในชั้นเรียนศิลปะที่นำโดยมิสเตอร์ฟรีแมนได้
Paul, a 20 year old midwesterner, arrives at the central bus station and quickly catches eyes with Wye, a 22 year old girl voguing on the sidewalk. After Paul seeks her out in secret, an intense love between them blossoms. But when Paul discovers Wye is trans, he is forced to confront his own identity and what it means to belong.
ในฤดูร้อนหนึ่ง เมื่อ ไบรอัน แลคกี้ อายุได้ 8 ขวบ เวลา 5 ชั่วโมงหายไปจากชีวิต สิ่งที่เขาจำได้คือการแข่งกีฬา รู้สึกตัวอีกครั้งก็เห็นเลือดกำเดาออก แต่ไม่รู้ว่ากลับมาบ้านได้อย่างไร จากนั้นเป็นต้นมา ชีวิตก็เปลี่ยนไป เขากลัวความมืด ฉี่รดที่นอน ทรมานจากฝันร้าย
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