Enigma

Enigma 2025

6.29

Two legends contested their identities as women in the court of public opinion: April Ashley, who was immortalized as a trailblazer by embracing her transgender history; and Amanda Lear, who has consciously denied and obfuscated her history for decades. Their divergent paths reveal disparate but intertwined legacies.

2025

Little Girl

Little Girl 2020

7.80

7-year-old Sasha has always known that she is a girl. Sasha’s family has recently accepted her gender identity, embracing their daughter for who she truly is while working to confront outdated norms and find affirmation in a small community of rural France.

2020

The Swimsuit

The Swimsuit 2025

10.00

On a seemingly endless day of summer, Noa is playing in the garden with friends in swim shorts. The play comes to an abrupt end as Noa gets a swimsuit.

2025

TRANS*CEND: A Journey from Gender to Self

TRANS*CEND: A Journey from Gender to Self 1970

1

In January of 2016, a dozen members of the Memphis transgender community began meeting for a weekly story circle facilitated by Elaine Blanchard. The program, based on the format of her award winning Prison Stories series, was a time for sharing, healing and enlightenment. Thanks to the generosity of The California Institute for the Contemporary Arts, filmmaker Shelby Fuller Elwood documented their journey. All people have a story to tell, and all people long to be heard, respected and valued for who they are, and what they have experienced in life.

1970