“Here I was writing this giant metaphor about coming out as transgender, 我没有意识到,弗莱尔说. “And then Carol was like, ‘What are you actually trying to say here?’ I didn’t understand how it was about me yet. It’s more about a crisis of self, and thinking through ‘Is this who I am?’ I don’t think there are enough movies that look at process rather than 结果.”
对 反式•ience 在圣丹斯电影节上, and from strangers who saw the film online after a Buzzfeed feature on Fryer, 继续把他打倒. He never imagined that anyone outside of his close friends and GG电子官方软件下载 professors would view his film. And he definitely didn’t think anyone would relate to it.
“I just figured that the people who knew me would see it and say, ‘Oh, Brit is so self-involved. He literally made a movie about himself because he’s too much,’ ” says Fryer, laughing. “But it showed me that my work can have unintended universality. It’s not a movie about a black trans person.”
面对未来
Away from the spotlight of Sundance, Fryer is busy honing his craft in Minneapolis. 他没有全职工作, instead opting for several part-time gigs in order to maintain scheduling flexibility. 今年春天, Fryer began shooting a documentary about the overpolicing of African American youth on the city’s north side. He is financing the work with a grant from grassroots nonprofit Neighborhoods Organizing for Change. 弗莱尔也在做最后的润色 IN, a short film about a sorority sister who is struggling to understand her sexuality. 这部电影，拍摄完毕 诺思菲尔德是GG电子官方软件下载的几名学生的明星.
His experience 在圣丹斯电影节上 continues to open doors. Clarke and other Sundance staff members check in regularly with Ignite fellows to help establish and maintain networking contacts and to invite them to other film festivals. And Fryer’s mentor, director Malik Vitthal (帝国的梦想)，只是一个短信或电话. Having the support of the filmmaking community has given Fryer the confidence to move to New York City later this year to be near other Ignite fellows.
的心, Fryer is still an avid movie buff who would rather take his creative cues from the big screen. But thanks to Sundance, he finally feels like he’s earning the right to be called a filmmaker.
“Being part of Ignite has shown me the realities of the profession,弗莱尔说. “I know when I should be applying to Sundance film labs, I know the kind of shorts I should be writing before I work up to a feature. 我意识到这个过程有多漫长. 我得把这当成工作来安排. Yeah, I don’t get paid for it, but if I don’t work on it, nothing is going to happen.”
