2014-9-9 Andreja Pejic to Document Her Transition ✍

Since she was a child growing up under her single mother in a Serbian refugee camp, Andreja Pejic’s biggest dream was to live her life as a woman. The supermodel, who recently made waves when she came out to the world as a trans woman, had been living for years acting as if she were simply an androgynous man in order to please her agents, the press, and her family. To the media, her unique looks were seen as special for a boy, but she feared that if she were to transition, she would become lost among the pack due to anti-trans sentiment in the fashion industry, likening the current lack of opportunities trans models face to that of black models twenty years ago.

But in her own time, she had secretly been seeking physical transition, and when she told her friend, photographer and filmmaker Eric Miclette, about her sexual reassignment surgery, he made a tempting proposition to her: he would film her coming out tale. Originally only intending to tell a few close friends, Andreja was intrigued by the premise. Though she was afraid of telling the world of her trans status, when Eric reminded her of the difficulties trans people face today — unemployment, poverty, suicide, social distrust, and abandonment from loved ones — and how she could give hope to trans people around the world by going public about her identity, she agreed.

“Eric had filmed me several times before for fashion gigs and other small pieces,” Andreja said. “If I was going to allow any camera to follow me through the most challenging period of my life, it was his.” The two began work on a documentary, Andrej(a), which was meant to capture some of the biggest milestones in her life, including her last photoshoots as an androgynous boy, her experience with sexual reassignment surgery, her announcement of her trans status to the world, and emotional encounters with her mother.

Now, the two have turned to Kickstarter to finish the documentary and focus on perhaps the most important milestone of all — Andreja’s life after transition. The two hope to film her story as she discovers how her trans identity will affect her career and public image, how the fashion industry will respond to her trans status, and how her personal relationships will be affected by this revelation. The duo is asking for $200,000, about $250,000 less than the average budget for a festival bound documentary, with which they will license photographs and music, acquire post production equipment and personnel, purchase gear and insurance, create graphics, and provide for travel as the crew and Andreja journey around the world on work and to visit her homelands.

Once the documentary is complete, they plan to bring the film to the festival circuit and use its buzz to acquire a distributor for a wider release. Andreja wrote “I have always believed that differences between people should not equal divisions and I simply want to create something that could help build a bridge between my community and the rest of the world.”

Those interested in contributing to the project may learn more and do so on the documentary’s Kickstarter page.

來源 http://www.out.com/fashion/truman-says/2014/09/09/fund-andreja-pejic-film-doc-about-her-transition#.VBCPD12p6XQ.twitter

 

來自一個由單親媽媽扶養在塞爾維亞難民營成長的孩子,Andeja Pejic最大的夢想就是能以女性的身分生活。這位最近掀起波瀾的超模,公開向大眾分享自己已跨性為女性,多年來雌雄莫辨男模的定位,出於對經紀公司和媒體的需求以及家庭的需要。她向媒體透露，她獨特的外型放在一個男孩身上被視為特殊，但她擔心如果她要轉變，她的事業將會面臨風險因為時尚界仍存有反跨性的情結，目前跨性模特缺乏的機會就好比二十年前黑人模特受到的待遇。

在她私人的時間裡,她已動了跨性手術,當時她向她的製片友人Eric Miclette透露有關她的跨性手術時,他提出個建議:他想拍下這段旅程。起初Andreja只打算向幾位情感親密的朋友透露這件事，因為她不確定外界對她的轉變會有何反應。但 Eric提醒她在現今社會裡跨性人士面臨了何種困擾— 失業、貧窮、自殺、社會不信任感以及被至親摯愛拋棄,而她的公開,可以為身處在世界各地的跨性人士帶來希望,所以她同意了。

"過去Eric和我在工作上曾合作過幾次。"Andreja說。"如果我打算讓任何鏡頭伴隨著我一起走過生命中最艱困的時刻.那非他莫屬。"於是 Andrej(a)紀錄片就此展開,紀錄了許多她人生重要時刻包含她最後以雌雄莫辨男模身分工作的記錄和她的變性手術,向大眾宣布的時候以及與她的母親情感面。

現在他們選擇在Kickstarter集資完成紀錄片,並專注在後半段也是最重要的里程碑 - Andreja轉變後的生活。他們希望能紀錄下,跨性的身分將對她的事業和公眾形象帶來什麼影響,時尚界會如何回應而她的人際關係又會有何不同。他們需要20萬美元的資金,低於一般紀錄片的平均預算,他們需要授權的圖像、影音,後期的製作人員,器材裝備,保險,以及隨行拍攝Andreja的工作情形和造訪她的家鄉。

一旦紀錄片完成,他們計劃讓紀錄片搭上電影節,利用它的口碑來獲取經銷商的青睞Andreja寫道: 我一直認為人與人之間的差異不該分等,我只想創造一個,可以幫助我的族群與世界溝通的橋梁。