Vessels
Part of the Gender Spectrum Lens Shorts Program
Suggested View Time:
4:20 PM EDT / 3:20 PM CDT
Saturday, August 15
Note: No closed captioning or subtitles available.
Vessels follows Diamond, a young Latina transgender woman living in Los Angeles. Diamond works at a garment factory for meagre pay and is unable to afford healthcare let alone the breast implants she desperately desires. When her friend Hope shows off her new breasts she obtained through illegal black market silicone injections, Diamond is presented with an opportunity to gain the more feminine physique she has wanted her entire life. The girls go visit the “pumper,” Prayleen, who helps Diamond sculpt the body of her dreams.
2015
USA
16 minutes
Director: Arkasha Stevenson
Writer: Arkasha Stevenson
Producer: Halee Bernard
Cinematographer: Marianne Williams
Editor: Steph Perez
Cast: Diamond Cruz, Hope Smith, Maria Roman, Jason Taylorson, Karina Noelle, Ronnie Clark, Richard Manriquez, Jessica Mellot, Joe Sobalo Jr.
Arkasha Stevenson (Director, Writer)

Date
July 17, 2020