Brit Fryer, whose short film Trans-ience won him an Ignite Fellowship from Sundance to attend the festival and get started in the industry, wants to explore black trans masculinity in new and exciting ways.
Brit Fryer is a 23-year-old black trans filmmaker with ambitious goals. "I want to be one of the main voices in telling new trans stories," he told BuzzFeed News.
Fryer is getting a head start by attending the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, going on now. He's getting to know industry professionals and see a bunch of films as part of the Sundance Ignite program for young filmmakers.
"I'm so excited," Fryer said. "Sundance will give me the chance to learn the industry a lot more because right now, I feel disconnected from it." As a trans filmmaker of color living in Minneapolis, Fryer hasn't had ready access to the film industry.
Fryer was invited to Sundance as an Ignite Fellow on the strength of his film Trans-ience, an experimental short he shot as a senior in Carleton College, which explores his experience as an early-transitioning trans man.
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In the film, Fryer intersperses footage from his daily life with a phone call from his mom describing some of the things he used to say as a kid.
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