A 22-minute gut-punch about hiding your truth in plain sight.
Sammy is a transgender child. She was born a boy but is living in stealth as a girl with the support of her mother and a doctor. At her new school, Sammy finds the friends she has always dreamed of having and tells them her secret in confidence. When the threat of a betrayal arises, Sammy must decide whether to run or to live as her whole self.
Acting
Sammy's silence speaks louder than dialogue.
Direction
Lasseter builds dread in mundane spaces.
Writing
Economy of storytelling—every scene earns its weight.
Director
Bennett Lasseter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 22-minute runtime mirrors short film distribution strategies for festival circuits, where queer stories often get compressed into digestible formats for mainstream audiences.
Released in 2015, this predates mainstream transgender youth representation in media, landing years before Disclosure examined Hollywood's fraught history with trans stories.
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