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I Saw the TV Glow, The People’s Joker, and T-Blockers are rewriting what we think is possible in trans cinema. This essay breaks down their significance.
Check out these trans Filipino films and give the community the space they deserve (yes, even on your watch list)
These young storytellers are inspiring trans and queer artists and advocates, continuing the legacy of those transcestors who came before them. Here are the films and television series...
The 1990s were an inflection point in the mainstreaming of trans cinema, with trans characters popping up in major hits like The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; The Crying Game; and M. Butterfly, as well as in successful nonfiction titles like Paris Is Burning.
Representations of transness have been present in Philippine narrative cinema since its inception—from the comic bakla characters of Dolphy in the ’50s and ’70s (see Inton 2018) to the immensely popular films of Vice Ganda, characters that may be read as trans are prolific in Pinoy movies.
Trans people have as much of a right to see themselves represented in everyday screen media as anyone else. Trans characters in popular films and TV also carry a huge burden, insofar as harmful portrayals can fuel the fires of real-world transphobia.
“I Saw The TV Glow” is a film that truly shows the possibilities of what trans cinema can do in its formal ideas while still remaining a thoroughly engaging and emotional experience that is among the best films of the decade so far.
