Lilly Wachowski, one of the famous Wachowski sisters who created the hit franchise The Matrix, is producing a new short movie, Dolls, that features and entirely trans cast.
The short movie is set to be the directorial debut of Geena Rocero, a trans filmmaker, and is a sci-fi thriller take on the 70's cult classic The Stepford Wives. The film will feature Yên Sen, Arewà Basit, Macy Rodman, and several other trans actresses, as well as director Geena Rocero, and producer Lilly Wachowski.
The new film tells the story of a private investigator who is looking into the mystery of a missing girl that has a connection to a dating workshop for trans women that may actually be a front for some kind of cult. Gene, the head of the workshop, claims to only be trying to help and empower trans women in processing their relationship problems.
Geena Rocero said that 'Dolls is my attempt to birth the internal chatter that ruminates in my head. All those years admiring directors like Claire Denis, Lucrecia Martel and Park Chan-wook, I told myself to give it a shot, it’s the only way to find out.'
Producer Lilly Wachowski is no stranger to films depicting the trans experience, with the film she made with her sister Lana, who is also a trans woman, The Matrix being long discussed as a trans allegory. Despite numerous pushbacks to this interpretation by fans who dislike trans people, both directors have stated that The Matrix is indeed a trans movie, and wouldn't exist without those elements. Lilly Wachowski has been working to help other transgender filmmakers break their way into the industry over the last several years.
'Dolls a fever dream reflecting on assimilation and the investigation of trans identity,' Wachowski said. So proud to be part of this beautiful, weird, striking debut!'
The film's title is an overt reference to the term 'dolls', which has been used within the trans community to refer to trans women for decades, and is believed to have originated in the 1980's ballroom community. The term has moved back into the spot recently after queer fashion designer Connor Ives released a range of 'Protect the Dolls' shirts that received attention after being worn by celebrities such as Pedro Pascal, Tilda Swinton, Alan Cumming, and Laverne Cox.
There is currently no release date confirmed for Dolls, though the film has been submitted to a number of upcoming festivals.
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