Exclusive: Filmmaker Sam Feder has signed with Gersh and Luber Roklin Entertainment for representation in all areas. Feder is known for his recent groundbreaking Netflix documentary Disclosure. With his new reps, Feder will build upon his documentary work and expand into narrative film and television.
Disclosure garnered critical acclaim when it debuted at Sundance earlier this year and reached a wide audience when it debuted on Netflix on June 19. The documentary has become required viewing when it comes to the authentic representation of the transgender community in film and TV. Chronicling an eye-opening look at trans depictions in Hollywood, the docu reveals how the film and TV industry simultaneously reflects and manufactures our deepest anxieties about gender.
The docu was executive produced by Laverne Cox, who is also featured in the film. Disclosure also features prominent members of the trans community including Jen Richards, Marquise Vilson, Tre’vell Anderson, Angelica Ross,...
Disclosure garnered critical acclaim when it debuted at Sundance earlier this year and reached a wide audience when it debuted on Netflix on June 19. The documentary has become required viewing when it comes to the authentic representation of the transgender community in film and TV. Chronicling an eye-opening look at trans depictions in Hollywood, the docu reveals how the film and TV industry simultaneously reflects and manufactures our deepest anxieties about gender.
The docu was executive produced by Laverne Cox, who is also featured in the film. Disclosure also features prominent members of the trans community including Jen Richards, Marquise Vilson, Tre’vell Anderson, Angelica Ross,...
- 8/24/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix has acquired the worldwide rights to the Sam Feder-directed documentary Disclosure. The feature-length docu is set to debut on the streaming platform on June 19 — a perfect release date considering June is Pride Month.
Disclosure made its premiere at Sundance earlier this year and puts a spotlight on transgender representation in TV and film while showing how it has impacted how Americans feel about members of the trans community and how it has taught trans people to feel about themselves.
Feder not only puts members of the trans community front and center but he also made sure that they were represented behind the camera as well. This way, it was a film about trans people made by trans people, marking a genuine effort of authenticity.
“Disclosure came to life so beautifully because trans people were at the center of production — over 150 trans people were involved, from early research through distribution,...
Disclosure made its premiere at Sundance earlier this year and puts a spotlight on transgender representation in TV and film while showing how it has impacted how Americans feel about members of the trans community and how it has taught trans people to feel about themselves.
Feder not only puts members of the trans community front and center but he also made sure that they were represented behind the camera as well. This way, it was a film about trans people made by trans people, marking a genuine effort of authenticity.
“Disclosure came to life so beautifully because trans people were at the center of production — over 150 trans people were involved, from early research through distribution,...
- 5/29/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Just in time for Pride month, and following the swift outcry provoked by a clip of Matt Bomer’s cringeworthy performance in “Anything,” GLAAD and ScreenCrush have released an impassioned plea from many successful transgender actors to stop casting cisgender actors in their roles. The video is part of ScreenCrush’s month-long Pride series about transgender visibility in film and television.
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The video stars an impressive array of Hollywood’s most recognizable trans actors: Alexandra Billings (“Transparent”), D’Lo (“Sense8”), Elliot Fletcher (“The Fosters”), Alexandra Grey (“Transparent”), Ian Harvie (“Transparent”), Jazzmun (“When We Rise”), Trace Lysette (“Transparent”), Jen Richards (“Her Story”), and Rain Valdez (“Lopez”). Richards, a co-creator of the Emmy-nominated short form series “Her Story,” penned the script.
Maybe now, people will know where to look the next time they need to cast a trans character.
Read More: ‘They’ Review: Imagine if a Young Abbas Kiarostami Made A Trans Childhood Film — Cannes 2017
The video stars an impressive array of Hollywood’s most recognizable trans actors: Alexandra Billings (“Transparent”), D’Lo (“Sense8”), Elliot Fletcher (“The Fosters”), Alexandra Grey (“Transparent”), Ian Harvie (“Transparent”), Jazzmun (“When We Rise”), Trace Lysette (“Transparent”), Jen Richards (“Her Story”), and Rain Valdez (“Lopez”). Richards, a co-creator of the Emmy-nominated short form series “Her Story,” penned the script.
Maybe now, people will know where to look the next time they need to cast a trans character.
- 6/20/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Transgender actors have a message for Hollywood: “Why you so obsessed with us?” Films like “Dallas Buyers Club,” “The Danish Girl,” and now “Anything” tell the stories of trans women, but don’t actually star trans actors. What’s up with that? Trans actors Jen Richards (“Nashville”), Alexandra Billings (“Transparent”), Trace Lysette (“Blunt Talk”), Ian Harvie (“Transparent”), D’Lo (“Sense8”), Rain Valdez (“Lopez”), Elliot Fletcher (“Shameless”), Alexandra Grey (“Drunk History”) and Jazzmun (“When We Rise”) gathered for a new PSA put together by GLAAD and Screencrush to make the case for why Hollywood needs trans actors, and the issue is multi-faceted.
- 6/20/2017
- by Carli Velocci
- The Wrap
Transgender actors have a message for Hollywood and have taken part in a video to spread the word and equality. In a video written by actress/writer Jen Richards, a number of actors — Alexandra Billings (Transparent), D'Lo (Sense8), Elliot Fletcher (The Fosters), Alexandra Grey (Transparent), Ian Harvie (Transparent), Jazzmun (When We Rise), Trace Lysette (Transparent), Jen Richards (Nashville), and Rain Valdez (Lopez) — take their plea to producers, studios and…...
- 6/20/2017
- Deadline TV
Transgender actors have a message for Hollywood and have taken part in a video to spread the word and equality. In a video written by actress/writer Jen Richards, a number of actors — Alexandra Billings (Transparent), D'Lo (Sense8), Elliot Fletcher (The Fosters), Alexandra Grey (Transparent), Ian Harvie (Transparent), Jazzmun (When We Rise), Trace Lysette (Transparent), Jen Richards (Nashville), and Rain Valdez (Lopez) — take their plea to producers, studios and…...
- 6/20/2017
- Deadline
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