Internship: Distribution of Independent Educational Activist (and Fun!) Film

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Please include a resume and email it to trannymals@trannymals.com.   
About us:

We are filmmakers, activists, community organizers and artists who believe in the power of humor in opening hearts and minds.  We recently made two award-winning films and are excited to collaborate with and mentor students or recent graduates who are interested in helping to distribute these films so that they can be seen by as many people as possible and help to effect social change.
 
The Trans-Body Law and Education Project is a non-profit organization that promotes visibility, celebration, and legal protection of transgender and gender nonconforming people and people whose bodies are perceived to fall outside of the norm.
 
Trannymals is a project of the Trans-Body Law and Education Project and currently focuses on distributing two short films “Trannymal” and “Trannymals Go to Court”, which have been shown in film festivals in 15 countries and have won two audience awards and two jury awards.  See www.trannymals.com for more information on the films and to see them.

The Trannymal films tend to make people laugh a lot and we have found that using humor is an effective way to address the invisibility, shame and discrimination that many transgender people face.  We want to increase access to positive images of transgender people that are created by transgender people and would love your help in distributing the films so that as many people as possible can see them.  

 
Internship:

The internship will be designed based on your interests and skills to include some or all of the following:
 
 * Research and perform outreach to relevant non-profit organizations, educational institutions, professors, legal professionals and social justice and LGBT groups to raise awareness of the films and the issues raised by them.
 * Help refine and implement film distribution strategies.
 * Develop study guides and written materials on issues raised by the films. 
 * Develop and implement media strategies to raise awareness of the social justice and educational issues raised by the films.    
  * Develop web presence on social networking sites and seek out web-based allies.

Credit and/or compensation (percentage of film sales) available. 

Flexible time commitments and location - we are based in San Francisco and Oakland, but this opportunity is not restricted to interns located in the Bay Area; we are open to mentoring and collaborating with people via the internet and phone.

The ideal candidate(s) will be able to work independently and collaboratively, have strong writing skills, and be interested in gender, film, social justice, legal reform, communication and marketing.

 
To Apply:

Please send an email telling us about yourself, why this opportunity interests you and what you would hope to gain from it.  Also include a description of your availability (start and end dates, amount of time available per week) and whether you would seek academic credit for the internship.  We will work with people on a case-by-case basis to design the internship to meet your needs.  Please include a resume and email it to trannymals AT trannymals.com.   

We look forward to hearing from you!