Tangerine is a bubbly, sassy slice of life that is part John Waters and part Duplass Brothers (who co-produced). Director Sean Baker's (Anora) innovative production was filmed entirely on an iPhone 5s, which not only looks astounding, but allowed for unobtrusive, street-level intimacy. Tangerine is fierce and sweet, farcical and tender, and features fully realized transgender characters that are complex, real, and able to toss off classic dialogue that will be repeated for years
On Christmas Eve, transgender sex worker Sin-Dee Rella (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) meets her friend and fellow transgender sex worker Alexandra (Mya Taylor) at Donut Time. Once informed that her boyfriend and pimp, Chester, has been cheating on her with a white cisgender woman, Sin-Dee storms out to search the neighborhood.
Reviews
"Tangerine contains multitudes: a woman scorned, a compassionate relationship, transgender difficulties, transgender risks, and ultimately humanity with all its imperfections. That it does all of this is thanks to two women who were willing to speak and a director who was willing to listen." – Cléo Journal
As part of our See Change initiative, we strive to showcase the work of women and non-binary individuals and their behind-the-scenes involvement in a production.
This film is produced by Karrie Cox, Julie Cummings, Francesca Silverstri, and Shih-Ching Tsou.
