Making Samantha

Production Country: USA
Running Time: 10mins
Year: 2020

“I Am Samantha", by singer-songwriter Benjamin Scheuer, was inspired by his friend Samantha Williams. Director T Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper gathered 27 trans actors to make the music video and behind-the-scenes, to tell the story of the universal human journey to find identity, acceptance and love.

FILM CREW:
Director: T Cooper, Allison Glock-Cooper
Producer: T Cooper, Allison Glock-Cooper, Neely Coe, Pete Ganbarg, Jack Hedges, Steve Rabolvsky
DOP: Charlene Fisk
Editor: Charlene Fisk, August J Russo
Sound Design: Matt Schultz
Composer: Benjamin Scheuer

Cast: Samantha Williams, Benjamin Scheuer, Nasheedah Bynes Mohammed, T Cooper, Gabrielle Claiborne, Nicole Sky, Melvin Whitehead, Heather Maloney, Monica Helms, Kimble Sorrells, Skyler Jay, Julian Bonner, Leo Hennant, Fabian Griffin


FESTIVALS:
Adirondack Film Festival October 2021
Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival September 2021
FM LGBT Film Festival September 2021
OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival August 2021
Cordillera International Film Festival July 2021
San Francisco Documentary Festival June 2021
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival May 2021
Cleveland International Film Festival March 2021
Oxford Film Festival March 2021
Desperado LGBTQ Film Festival October 2020
San Jose International Short Film Festival October 2020
Black Alphabet Film Festival October 2020
Tallgrass Film Festival October 2020
Bent Sacramento LGBTQ Film Festival October 2020
Way OUT West Film Fest October 2020
Chagrin Documentary Film Festival September 2020
Lunenburg Doc Fest September 2020
Atlanta Film Festival September 2020
Skyline Indie Film Fest September 2020
Sidewalk Film Festival August 2020
OUTshine Film Festival August 2020
Woods Hole Film Festival July 2020
QFest St. Louis July 2020
Frameline: The San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival June 2020