Transgender documentary filmmaker Tony Zosherafatain has made a short film, "I Am Isak," about a Norwegian trans man, and he's directed an installment of the series "I Am the T," titled "Cedar" about a Canadian trans man escaping family abuse and drug addiction by embracing his authentic self. Zosherafatain also directed, co-wrote, and appears in, the four-episode docuseries "Trans in Trumpland," now streaming at Topic. Zosherafatain travels through some of America's reddest states across the four episodes of the series to get a sense of the challenges transgender people have faced over the last few years, under the previous administration — an administration that seemed determined at every step to push transgender Americans to the side and subject them to exclusion and erasure. But the series focuses less on politics than people. In North Carolina — a state notorious for being ground zero for anti-trans legislation built around the issue of who may use which restroom — he talks with trans teen Ash; in Texas he visits with Rebecca, a trans immigrant from Mexico who has been detained four times by ICE, and been housed each time with male inmates; in Mississippi he hears from Evonne, the founder of a unique non-profit that, the series' press notes say, "provides vital care to Mississippi's violently neglected LGBTQ community"; and in Idaho he interviews Shane, a Two Spirit Native American and military veteran who has spoken out against the trans military ban that Trump imposed via tweet (and which President Joe Biden has rescinded). Zosherafatain and his producing partner, Jamie DiNicola, run TransWave Films. They spoke with EDGE about their partnership, their production company, and what went into putting this one-of-a-kind road trip together. Tap link in bio to continue on @EDGEmedianetwork ?️‍?? (?️: Kilian Melloy / @dragelruairi, ?: Tony Zosherafatain / Instagram / @tonyzfilms)

Transgender documentary filmmaker Tony Zosherafatain has made a short film, "I Am Isak," about a Norwegian trans man, and he's directed an installment of the series "I Am the T," titled "Cedar" about a Canadian trans man escaping family abuse and drug addiction by embracing his authentic self. Zosherafatain also directed, co-wrote, and appears in, the four-episode docuseries "Trans in Trumpland," now streaming at Topic. Zosherafatain travels through some of America's reddest states across the four episodes of the series to get a sense of the challenges transgender people have faced over the last few years, under the previous administration — an administration that seemed determined at every step to push transgender Americans to the side and subject them to exclusion and erasure. But the series focuses less on politics than people. In North Carolina — a state notorious for being ground zero for anti-trans legislation built around the issue of who may use which restroom — he talks with trans teen Ash; in Texas he visits with Rebecca, a trans immigrant from Mexico who has been detained four times by ICE, and been housed each time with male inmates; in Mississippi he hears from Evonne, the founder of a unique non-profit that, the series' press notes say, "provides vital care to Mississippi's violently neglected LGBTQ community"; and in Idaho he interviews Shane, a Two Spirit Native American and military veteran who has spoken out against the trans military ban that Trump imposed via tweet (and which President Joe Biden has rescinded). Zosherafatain and his producing partner, Jamie DiNicola, run TransWave Films. They spoke with EDGE about their partnership, their production company, and what went into putting this one-of-a-kind road trip together. Tap link in bio to continue on @EDGEmedianetwork ?️‍?? (?️: Kilian Melloy / @dragelruairi, ?: Tony Zosherafatain / Instagram / @tonyzfilms)