The Beginning of a Dream: A Film by Tourmaline for Trans Justice Funding Project

In 2022, the Trans Justice Funding Project and BCRW released “The Beginning of a Dream,” a new short film by Tourmaline. The film depicts a community of artists and activists who, over the last decade, have built a new funding model led by trans people to support trans artists and activists with trust in their vision and commitment to their living legacies-as people and change-makers.
The Trans Justice Funding Project moves money to trans-led grassroots groups across the United States and U.S. territories, prioritizing Black, Indigenous, and people of color-led groups, groups in rural areas, and other typically under-resourced communities, and grant-making decisions are made by a panel of community members. As former grant-makers and grantees, the artists and activists featured in this film reflect powerfully on the work of dreaming and materializing a community’s future and carrying its collective past through the present.
To learn more about the Trans Justice Funding Project, visit:
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CREDITS___________________________
Director TOURMALINE
Producer HOPE DECTOR
Director of Photography MATT HARVEY
Assistant Director LUCE CAPCO LINCOLN
1st AC KAROLINE IVERSON
Grip MARK ARCE
2nd Grip LEON ISZAK
Sound HATIM MOHAMED
Production Design ALI TICHAVSKY
PA SOPHIE KREITZBURG
PA MARGARITA KRUCHINSKAYA
PA DAVID LEE SIERRA
Editor HOPE DECTOR
Assistant Editor MARGARITA KRUCHINSKAYA
Colorist MARIKA LITZ
Re-Recording Mixer ISAAC DERFEL
Music TENDER BOIS CLUB
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Thank you:
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDENS
CRISTINA HERRERA
ELIZABETH REINA-LONGORIA
JANET JAKOBSEN
JEN MAYER
JEN RHEE
NICO AMADOR
NORA CARVAJAL
PREMILLA NADASEN

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Very beautiful and powerful! So many beautiful trans people in this video♥♥♥

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Beautiful 💙💙💙

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Love all of this

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Thank you for the support TJFP 🙏🏽🌺