For filmmaker tourmaliiine, who directed hbdmarsha, showing beauty in the lives of people navigating harsh conditions is the ultimate act of resistance
One of the primary ways that Black and trans folks have power is their ability to tell their own stories. This is something that the filmmaker Tourmaline, who has a deep background in community organizing, understood very early on.
Tourmaline takes pride in demonstrating that people who are disabled, people who are sex workers, people who are navigating harsh conditions still live lives of beauty; showing this onscreen can feel like the ultimate act of resistance. I spoke with Tourmaline over the phone about their work, their untraditional beginnings in film, and their recently changed name. Check out our conversation below.
What roles do you think culture and cultural production play into activism, and queer activism in particularly? Obviously, people talk a lot about visibility, but is it deeper? To me, that's one of the legacies that I'm working in right now. I think my work seeks to show everyday acts and this kind of lineage of criminalized aesthetics. It's also seeking to shift the messages that we have internalized about our power and our beauty. It seeks to dismantle some of the ideologies that underpin these bigger institutions. I think about systems of change.
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