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Emmy–winning director Daresha Kyi, who writes and produces film and TV in Spanish and English, has signed with WME.
Kyi directed Mama Bears, a film about the impact of a support group for conservative, Christian mothers of LGBTQ children, that debuted in the documentary feature competition at SXSW this year. The doc will also play at Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival.
Kyi also directed a short documentary for Time Studios and the SpringHill Company, Georgia Going Blue, about a Georgia-based grassroots organizations working to fight voter suppression in Georgia and around the U.S.
She is currently in post production on Black Voters Matter, a feature documentary that follows Cliff and April Albright’s and Latosha Brown’s rise from aspiring acolytes to game changing civil rights leaders and the pivotal role they played in helping Georgia flip from red...
Emmy–winning director Daresha Kyi, who writes and produces film and TV in Spanish and English, has signed with WME.
Kyi directed Mama Bears, a film about the impact of a support group for conservative, Christian mothers of LGBTQ children, that debuted in the documentary feature competition at SXSW this year. The doc will also play at Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival.
Kyi also directed a short documentary for Time Studios and the SpringHill Company, Georgia Going Blue, about a Georgia-based grassroots organizations working to fight voter suppression in Georgia and around the U.S.
She is currently in post production on Black Voters Matter, a feature documentary that follows Cliff and April Albright’s and Latosha Brown’s rise from aspiring acolytes to game changing civil rights leaders and the pivotal role they played in helping Georgia flip from red...
- 6/27/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Transgender actress, activist and author Kai Shappley has signed with CAA.
Shappley starred in the Emmy-winning documentary about her life, Trans in America: Texas Strong. Her other credits include the feature-length documentary Mama Bears, director Daresha Kyi’s documentary about the impact of a support group for conservative, Christian mothers of LGBTQ children, and the Netflix series The Baby-Sitters Club.
As an activist, Shappley is a regular speaker at Pride rallies and news conferences and she has addressed members of Congress about the Equality Act, a bill that would provide the first federal non-discrimination protection for LGBTQ people in housing, employment and elsewhere.
In April 2021, Shappley testified before the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs on a state bill that she argued discriminated against trans youth and their families. Earlier this year, Shappley’s open letter, “Dear Texas Legislators: You’re Hurting Me.
Transgender actress, activist and author Kai Shappley has signed with CAA.
Shappley starred in the Emmy-winning documentary about her life, Trans in America: Texas Strong. Her other credits include the feature-length documentary Mama Bears, director Daresha Kyi’s documentary about the impact of a support group for conservative, Christian mothers of LGBTQ children, and the Netflix series The Baby-Sitters Club.
As an activist, Shappley is a regular speaker at Pride rallies and news conferences and she has addressed members of Congress about the Equality Act, a bill that would provide the first federal non-discrimination protection for LGBTQ people in housing, employment and elsewhere.
In April 2021, Shappley testified before the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs on a state bill that she argued discriminated against trans youth and their families. Earlier this year, Shappley’s open letter, “Dear Texas Legislators: You’re Hurting Me.
- 6/14/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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