Performing Girl, 2013
25 min. HD
Directed and Produced by Crescent Diamond
Awards and Grants:
OUTFEST LA Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Documentary Short Film 2013
Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film festival Audience Award for Best Short Film 2013
Winner of the Berkeley Film Foundation Post-Production Grant, 2012
For upcoming screenings, please go to:
www.peforminggirl.com/screeningcalendar
D'Lo's Website: www.dlocokid.com
Recent press about Performing Girl:
Synopsis: Performing Girl is a short documentary about D’Lo, a queer, transgender, Tamil Sri Lankan American actor, writer, director and comic who got his start at age 11, performing for his family and classmates in the desert town of Lancaster, CA. Animations, home movies, and family snapshots paint the portrait of his personality. In interviews and clips from his performances, D’Lo and his parents explain how his identity and their relationship has changed over the last twenty years.
Film website: http://www.performinggirl.com
To learn more about D'Lo and his work, go to: http:/www.dlocokid.com