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Update & Announcement for #Documentary Film Project, “ALMOST”

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ANNOUNCEMENT 4 March 2025:

With the reign of terror, violence and extreme violations of human rights being waged against transgender people in the USA, particularly BIPOC. The rising, normalized hate, ignorance and apathy towards the reality of transgender, nonbinary, genderfluid and Two Spirit people in western society, we have decided our documentary production will focus solely on such persons and ally perspectives. Education, empathy and common decency is lacking, lagging, and in some cases non-existent, even with those who considered themselves open-minded, progressive and non-discriminatory.

  • Some previous footage from other submitted and recorded interviews may be included in our web series. But those were recorded 2023 and previous, and we wish to ensure no participants are those who support the dictatorship and violence occurring in the USA, its illegal government, nor any of its inhumane policies in-land or around the world.
  • Consider purchasing or sharing information about our anthology dedicated to transgender, etc. voices “Varied Spirits, vol. 1″ edited by Red Haircrow and Manuel Ricardo Garcia, published 31 March 2023 on the International Transgender Visibility Day.
  • If you are a transgender, genderfluid, genderqueer, nonbinary, Two Spirit person or ally, of whatever background or heritage, and may wish to be part of the project?
    Please use the contact form!
  • What are your stories? Histories? Struggles and triumphs? What do you believe the world needs to know? It doesn’t have to be momentous, newsworthy or special according to “society’s standards”. We know that sometimes the most simple things, memories, thoughts can be the most profound and moving!

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Description: A new short documentary and web-series on the intersection of realities, identities and Indigeneity, and the concept of being enough, no matter what or who you are. Following the lives of individuals on sexuality, gender, and culture plus the effects of stigma and prejudice on everyone. Production has begun again, and the innovative film will combine unique animated storytelling and live scenes to inspire hope and courage in these challenging times. 2nd Teaser.

Almost normal.
Almost acceptable.
Almost Indigenous.

Half, a quarter, a fraction, a piece.
Gender, sexuality, ethnicity, cognitive or physical dis-/abilities.
Toxic beliefs, ableist and racist structures in society continue to harm.

Some are embracing their differences in order to heal…and they’re connecting.

Directed by Red Haircrow
Animations by Neda Ahmadi
Music by Johnny Clyde

Would you like to help support the project? Please contact us!

I’ve a chapter in the Forthcoming collection: “IndigePop: A Companion” Edited by Seibel & Dlaske

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IndigePop: A Companion

by Svetlana Seibel (Volume editor)Kati Dlaske (Volume editor)
©2024Edited CollectionVIII, 304 Pages
The Arts

Series: Genre Fiction and Film Companions, Volume 16
Forthcoming!


Summary:

“Contemporary Indigenous popular culture is a dynamic and expansive cultural field that has been gaining momentum since the turn of the twenty-first century. This edited collection brings together contributions by scholars, artists and practitioners who work with and in the field of Indigenous popular culture in various capacities, from different standpoints and in a range of geopolitical contexts. This approach aims at promoting a dialogue between diverse sites of knowledge production of and on the Indigenous popular at the same time as it reflects the multivocal, multimedial and multisited landscape of contemporary Indigenous popular culture. The contributions in the volume engage both the poetics and the politics of IndigePop, showcasing the creative and celebratory energies of Indigenous popular culture and Indigenerdity as well as their societal significance vis-à-vis Indigenous resistance, resurgence and political struggles.”

Details
Pages, 304
Publication Year 2024
ISBN (PDF): 9781803743097
ISBN (ePUB): 9781803743103
ISBN (Softcover): 9781803743080
DOI: 10.3726/b21220
Language: English

Keywords:
IndigePop, Indigenerdity, Indigenous popular culture, contemporary popular culture, Indigenous popular art, Indigenous literature and media, Indigenous Comic Con, IndigiPopX

Published: Oxford, Berlin, Bruxelles, Chennai, Lausanne, New York, 2024.

 

Call for Participants – #Filming restarted for #ALMOST #Documentary – #Indigeneity & #GenderDiversity

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FILMING HAS RESTARTED FOR ALMOST! WE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING PARTICIPANTS, SO PLEASE  APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

ALMOST was first developed to be a short #documentary film with unique animated storytelling and live scenes, which it still will be, but additionally, I will create a #webseries where episodes feature participants who wish to further share their journey. Other components, such as the spider symbolism will also be explained further, as the web series will supplement and expand the main documentary’s themes and topics.

Description: Focusing on the intersection of realities, identities and Indigeneity, and the concept of being enough, no matter what or who you are.

“Almost normal.
Almost acceptable.
Almost Indigenous.

Half, a quarter, a fraction, a piece.
Gender, sexuality, ethnicity, cognitive or physical dis-/abilities.
Toxic beliefs, ableist and racist structures in society continue to harm.

Some are embracing their differences in order to heal…and they’re connecting.”

PARTICIPANTS WILL NEED TO BE:

1) Over the age of 18 at the time of filming
2) Be willing to sign an agreement for use of their likeness and footage in this project
3) Have an understanding Indigenous and original peoples exist across the world, including Europe, but priority will be given to those connected to or reconnecting to their cultures

Please view the trailer here or on Vimeo, and read through the information currently available on this website, such as the story, the spider and the director’s pages. Red Haircrow, who was awarded the 2023  Ma’’ingan Scholarship for their work as an early career psychologist in gender expansive support and research, has their personal website also, which can be found here https://redhaircrow.com/.

If you are interested in participating and/or have any questions, please follow the link to our posting and use our contact form. You are also welcome to share this call appropriately.
https://almostdocumentary.wordpress.com/2023/09/20/call-for-participants/

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Thanks to Everyone! Feb.11-Our Screening at Delphi Theater in Berlin!

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Sincere thanks to everyone who came out to our roughcut screening at the Delphi Theater in Berlin on Sunday! I so appreciate each and every one for taking the time on a rather sleepy Sunday, and also the support and opportunity to share the experiences and observations entrusted to the project from all our participants. For now, I’m taking a little break after weeks of intense editing, and two years work on this project. The full version and other languages are in the works!

Here’s a photo from the Q&A panel that included myself, Johnny Clyde, Viveka Frost and Kendall Old Elk. Special shout-out to Therese Degen for moderating in a great way! We first saw Viveka Frost’s short documentary as part of an upcoming full length film. It’s titled Reclamation. Before going on to “Forget Winnetou!” and a later Q&A after the film. Better dialogue, collaboration, communication. These things.

This was our only schedule screening in Berlin at this point in time. Naturally, we would love to show it other places. If you are interested in a screening of the completed version at your university, organization, group and so forth, please contact us for your idea or offer. It is available in English or German subtitles.

Logline: “It’s not about Winnetou.”

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