February 6-9, 2022

Proper Pronouns

Synopsis

There are 30 transgender, ordained ministers in the United States; six are in North Carolina. Dawn Flynn, Mykal Shannon, Liam Hooper, and Debra Hopkins are battling narrow-mindedness within the religious community, their families, and NC natives. In order to live their authentic selves, some have thrown their loved ones into personal identity crises. They are bravely preaching from a pulpit despite the danger they face not only as a transgender person living in the South but also as transgender ministers navigating their way through local, state, and national governing bodies who decide what it means to be a human being.

Filmmaker Biography

Former newspaper photographer Meg Daniels (Director, Co-editor), has been telling people’s stories from around the globe for over 20 years. As a native of Upstate New York, she discovered photography at a young age. Over the course of her career, she became a photo essayist and filmmaker, knowing that it was her responsibility to use her storytelling skills as a platform for raising awareness about social justice issues both well-known and shrouded by secrecy.

While a student in the Master of Fine Arts degree in the Documentary Film Program at Wake Forest University, she won the Student Pitch Competition at the 2018 New Orleans Film Festival and received her degree in Master of Fine Arts Degree in Documentary Filmmaking in 2019. Proper Pronouns, her first feature film, aired on North Carolina’s local PBS station in November 2020. Now on the festival tour, the film has screened in multiple film festivals including Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, New Orleans Film Festival, and Cucalorus Film Festival.

Schedule

In-person:

WSLR. Sarasota, FL with Megan Daniels. 2/8/2022
East Tennessee State University, Mary B. Martin School of the Arts. Johnson City, TN with Megan Daniels. 2/14/2022
Clayton Center for the Arts. Maryville, TN with Megan Daniels. 2/15/2022
High Point University. High Point, NC with Megan Daniels. 2/16/2022
Western Carolina University, Bardo Center. Cullowhee, NC with Megan Daniels. 2/17/2022
Fisk University & Global Education Center. Nashville, TN with Megan Daniels & Manie Robinson. 2/27/2022
Tropic Cinema. Key West, FL with Debra Hopkins. 2/28/2022
Warren County Public Libraries. Bowling Green, KY with Megan Daniels & Mykal Shannon. 3/1/2022
Georgia Southern University. Statesboro, GA with Megan Daniels & Mykal Shannon. 3/3/2022
Coleman Center for the Arts. York, AL with Megan Daniels & Mykal Shannon. 3/4/2022

Online: February 6-9, 2022

Online screening followed by a conversation with the filmmaker(s). Find your nearest Screening Partner, and register to watch.

Alabama

Coleman Center for the Arts - York

Florida

Gulf Coast Symphony - Ft. Meyers

South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center - Cutler Bay

Tropic Cinema - Key West

WSLR - Sarasota

Georgia