Transliv has always been under attack, but – with the Trump administration that actively removes the rights of this society away daily – perhaps never more than right now. That’s why an indie film as ”I watched the TV glow“Has proven such a cultural touch stone. Of Using the horror genre to reveal the joy and concern to be queerThe film has linked to the audience who feel ignored and captured by the circumstances that society has put on them.
Talk to IndieWires Alison Foreman on the blue carpet by 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards“I Saw the TV Glow” star Jack the seas Shared how the film, when he created an honest reflection of queerness, has driven others to accept themselves as they are rather than meeting the fear of embracing a falsehood.
“People come out as trans faster than their passport can be recalled,” said the seas, pointing to a difficulty published by A new video from Hunter Schafer. From how queerness and horror are intertwined, the seas later, “We see that the world always falsifies everything and it is really uncomfortable and scary and when you are queer you can’t deny certain things about that lie and so horror reveals what is under, under, Which is like this rotten thing. “
In fact, many can see America itself as a “rotting thing”, a fact “I saw the TV glow” and other pieces of independent film have been aimed at reflecting. But when it comes to doing the work of bringing down empires, co -star Justice Smith Think that creativity can only do so much.
“Art can motivate people to fight fascism. Art cannot fight fascism, ”he told IndieWire. His director, Jane Schoen brownMaybe it puts it more briefly when she said: “Bricks can fight fascism.”
When it comes to the impact “I saw the TV glow” has done on both the audience and a movie as a whole, Schoenbrun said that she valued to be part of Trans Stories that found her way to the big screen and encouraged other transartists to share theirs.
“I think it’s cool that we have contributed something to a cultural language or dictionary It paints Transness as an authentic experience and not as a series of images defined and created by people leaning on us, ”Schoen brown said. “I hope the film continues to contribute to this development when more trans art is made.”
