Crossing Over was featured in the Huffington Post!
Check out the article: HERE
Tonight is the night! Hope to see you there!
An important reminder from Immigration Equality:
The election is over, but what does it mean for LGBT immigrant families?
Please join us tomorrow – November 8th – for a special post-election conference call at Noon EST. We’ll discuss the Presidential and Congressional election results, tell you what it all means for our families and talk about how you cant be part of our work moving forward.
Immigration Equality Action Fund Election Analysis
Thursday, November 8th – Noon ET (9am PT)
(800) 977-8002 / Access Code 3761622#
Callers from abroad should dial (404) 920-6650 and use the same access code.
The coming weeks and months will be critical for our families. The White House will make important decisions about continued relief for binational couples. The new Congress is expected to tackle comprehensive immigration reform. And we’ll continue to press for passage of the Uniting American Families Act.
Join us tomorrow, and find out what the election results mean for your family, and our work together. Our call will include analysis and a Q & A, too.
The elections are over, but our work goes on.
Indiegogo campaign launched!
We have all of footage necessary to make the film but now we need your help to complete it! We still need to: edit, color correct, score, sound mix, distribute, pitch to festivals and grants and all of this is SO expensive!
We need your help but we have a couple of awesome rewards to thank you for help. Please check out our Indiegogo campaign to see all of the rewards and contribute to the film. With your support we can complete this important film and share the stories of Francis, Brenda, and Abigail.
http://www.indiegogo.com/crossingover?a=714660
- The Crossing Over Crew
Crossing Over Campaign Gets Ready to Launch!
Thanks to the love and donations of our supporters, we have been able to film the lives of Brenda, Abigail, Francis, many of their friends, and have had the privilege of getting to know a wonderful community of immigrant transgender women in Los Angeles. For the past year we have been working hard and often thinking of nothing else but completing this project. We are so grateful for those of you who have taken interest in these stories and especially those who have helped bring them to light.
These are stories of the American dream, of women who left behind impossible situations for better opportunities and better lives. After suffering mental and physical abuse in their home country of Mexico, Francis, Brenda, and Abigail made their ways to the United States, each eventually seeking political asylum. But for each of these women, leaving home was only the first step. Once in the United States, obstacles like discrimination, loneliness, and addiction continued, and in some cases continue, to stand in their way. While some members of this community struggle against these obstacles, others are becoming advocates and activists, thereby proving what it truly means to be an American.
The goal of this film is to shed light on these stories. We hope to amplify the voices of the transgender immigrant community. We believe that the narratives of these three women will capture the hearts and minds of the audience and empower people to speak out about the issues raised in the film. With your help this film has the potential to enact change in our society and in our government policy.
In order for these changes to take place, we must first and foremost complete the film. We have shot all of our footage, and now we need funds to complete the final stages of post-production. If you follow us on Twitter and Facebook, you will know that we are launching an Indiegogo fundraising campaign this Saturday, August 18 at 12am. For this film to truly make an impact, we need as many people as possible to help contribute to and raise awareness about our fundraising campaign and the project in general. The more public support we have, the more successful we will be in enacting change.
The campaign goes live at 12am TOMORROW, August 18th. Please help us by sharing the URL on Twitter, Facebook, and blogs and by contributing to the campaign. Any amount will help us complete the film and do justice to these amazing stories.
Please contact us if you have any questions or suggestions that you want to share with us. You can e-mail us at crossingoverdocumentary@gmail.com. To stay updated on the launch and to follow the progress of the campaign, you can check us out on Facebook and Twitter.
We are so excited to have you on board for this campaign and we look forward to hearing from you!
-The Crossing Over Crew
We are so excited and proud to share our new trailer and website! Thanks to everyone who has made this possible!
Love,
the CO crew
The director, Isabel Castro and Francis Murillo eating chocolate flan that Francis made. It was so delicious!
Francis outside her home in Sylmar, Los Angeles.
We just got back from shooting Francis’ court hearing and week 1 & 2 of shooting went great. This was the first time I’ve shot these women with a bigger crew, and although I was initially nervous that Francis would feel uncomfortable with everyone around, she was a natural in front of the camera from Day 1.
Katrina and Oliver did an amazing job, and I am so proud to be working with them. The footage looks beautiful, and I cannot wait to start editing the film over the summer. Donato, our sound engineer, has an amazing way with people; despite the fact that he stands over 6’3”, he always manages to remain a fly on the wall. Ali, our producer, is the most organized human being I have ever met in my life and this allows her to remain calm and collected over pressure (shooting documentaries can throw a lot of obstacles your way!) I have a truly spectacular crew.
We’ll be posting some stills that we took while we were there over the next couple of days! Thanks for checking and we look forward to sharing with you!
Love,
Isabel
We’re on the Advocate and The Daily Stamford!
