Trans People In The Movies

In the past I have said that there are a lot of talented trans actresses and actors out there that need a chance to audition for parts in movies and on TV shows, well there is an article about a campaign for trans actresses and actors to get an Oscar.

First Oscar Campaign for Transgender Actresses Launches
Variety
By Ramin Setoodeh
October 6, 2015

Tangerine, Sean Baker’s Sundance Film Festival darling about two transgender prostitutes on a Christmas Eve jaunt through Los Angeles, might not seem like your typical Oscar movie. But against the backdrop of the Emmys recognizing Laverne Cox’s performance in Orange is the New Black in 2014, Magnolia Pictures and the Duplass brothers, who produced Tangerine, are launching an Oscar campaign for the indie, Variety has learned. It’s the first time a movie distributor has ever backed an awards season push for a transgender actress in Hollywood history.

The scrappy campaign — which is forgoing traditional “For Your Consideration” advertising — will officially kick off on Tuesday night, during an Academy conversation with the Duplass brothers, where Jay and Mark will show a clip from the film. Magnolia plans on sending Tangerine screeners to the actors branch of the Academy, as well as cinematographers (the movie was shot on an iPhone 5s) and screenwriters, in a bid to gain heat for the script, which Baker developed with his actresses.

There are a lot of talented trans actresses and actors who should be given a chance to audition. Hopefully, this will be the ice breaker and producers will start to audition trans actresses and actors not only for trans characters but also for non-trans character parts.