You're Dead To Me

2013, 12 minutes
A brown-skinned Chicana mother holds the face of her brown-skinned adult trans child in her hands. The adult child is crying and wearing a formal white gown while sitting crosslegged on the floor of a bedroom surrounded by scattered clothing.
Genre
drama   short (less than 45 min)  
Keywords/themes
death   parenting   family   celebration   Día de los Muertos  
Media type
film/video  
Filming locations

Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Country of origin

United States of America

Production company

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Technical specs

Colour

Languages

Spanish/español

English/English

Content Warnings
Unreviewed
Images
A brown-skinned Chicana mother holds the face of her brown-skinned adult trans child in her hands. The adult child is crying and wearing a formal white gown while sitting crosslegged on the floor of a bedroom surrounded by scattered clothing.
Description

A grieving Chicana mother confronts an uninvited family member before her Día de los Muertos celebration. By night's end, death offers her a choice that she couldn't make in life.

San Francisco Transgender Film Festival. “2014 San Francisco Transgender Film Festival.” Accessed July 5, 2022. https://sftff.org/san-francisco-transgender-film-festival-sftff-2014-festival/.
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Crew
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Screenings

  • San Francisco Transgender Film Festival 2018

    November 11, 2018 2:00 p.m.

    PROGRAM 4 – Sunday, November 11 at 2pm (kid friendly!)

    Roxie Theatre, 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, California, United States of America  (in-person)