Immensely personal and moving video montage put together by @qween_jean for her “Matriarch Series,” which includes several of the portraits Carlos took of her for his Transtopia project. Qween is one of the leaders of the Stonewall Protests (@thestonewallprotests) movement in NYC. For months, she has been marching to foster Black trans liberation and to bring awareness to the ongoing epidemic of violence committed against transgender and gender non-conforming people, particularly Black, in the U.S. and around the globe. Queen’s voice brings Maya Angelou’s “Still I rise” poem to life, with power and love: “Leaving behind nights of terror and fear, I rise. Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear, I rise. Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise, I rise, I rise.”
“Messages from our Matriarchs Series-Part 1”. Poem by Maya Angelou. Narration by Qween. Sound Engineer by Matthew Becker. Art Direction by Stacey Derosier. Project Management by Lily Prentice. Video Editing by Rodrigo Munoz.
