“Casting Pearls” is a short comedic film which illustrates the difficulties transwomen face in Hollywood. Calpernia Addams stars as The Actress, and we follow her on a hectic series of auditions. Despite all the horrible, funny and cruel things said by various Hollywood industry people, The Actress carries on with plucky determination and professionalism, showing that decades of bias can’t hold back the artistic contributions of transgender people in the media.
Premiered at Frameline on 21 June 2007.
Runtime: 00:06:41
Country: USA
Language: English
Format: High Definition Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.77 : 1 (widescreen letterbox)
- Starring Calpernia Addams as “The Actress”
- Director: Andrea James
- Director of Photography: Lisa Wiegand
- Written by Andrea James and Calpernia Addams
- Off-camera voices: Andrea James
- Produced by: Andrea James, Calpernia Addams, Ron Nyswaner
- First AC: Joe Zovko, John Orphan
- Second AC/Video Playback: Emily Langner, Christopher Smith
- Gaffer: Shane Reed, Mike Roy
- Audio: Hope Vinitsky
- Editor: Debra DeSilva
- Hand model/Set stud: Peter Foltz
- Music: Andrea James
- Filmed at: The Complex, The Syndicate, Big Time Picture Co.
- Edited at: Big Time Picture Co., Ren Mar Studios
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Festival screenings
Frameline 31, San Francisco, CA, June 21, 2007
Outfest 25, Los Angeles , CA, July 20, 2007
Gender Odyssey, Seattle, WA, September 1, 2007
Fresno Reel Pride, Fresno, CA, September 21, 2007
Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival, Austin, TX, September 29, 2007
Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Albuquerque, NM, September 29, 2007
Gay Days Anaheim, Anaheim, CA, October 5, 2007
Woodstock Film Festival, Woodstock, NY, October 12, 2007
Sacramento Int’l LGBT Film Festival, Sacramento, CA, October 13, 2007
Reel Pride Michigan, Royal Oak , MI, October 16, 2007
Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Seattle, WA, October 20, 2007
Click List: Best in Short Film, Logo Network, October 24, 2007
Rehoboth Beach Society Ind. Film Fest, Rehoboth Beach, DE, November 9, 2007
TrannyFest, San Francsico, CA, November 9, 2007
MIX NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival, New York City , NY, November 16, 2007
BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, London, March 27, 2008
Media coverage
“Pariah” Leads The Pack of Outstanding Shorts at Outfest ’07.
by Kim Adelman. July 18, 2007, IndieWIRE
by Karman Kregloe
August 16, 2007
AfterEllen.com
Outfest Wednesdays Favorite Girls’ Shorts, Saturday.
Staff report, September 22, 2007, LA Weekly
Outfest Wednesdays Favorite Girls’ Shorts, featuring Andrea James’ Casting Pearls, Rebecca Feldman’s My First Time Driving, Christy Wegener’s Long Ago, Nicola Marsh’s Last Exit, Melanie McGraw’s Pitstop, and Dee Rees’ Pariah, winner of the Outfest 2007 Audience Award and Grand Jury Award for Dramatic Short Film.
by Roberto Friedman
September 20, 2007
Bay Area Reporter
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