Comfrey Films is a Film Training Program and Production House designed to launch Black trans, gender non-conforming, and intersex (TGNCI*) storytellers into independent filmmaking and to tell stories woven at the intersection of being Black and TGNCI*.

Comfrey Films is focused on cultural organizing and narrative power led by and for Black Trans, Gender Non-Conforming, and Intersex people. We believe that there is no racial justice nor trans/gender justice without economic justice so we invest in the economic development of our community. Our work is an ode to the comfrey plant used for wound closure.

“Our work is an ode to the comfrey plant used for wound closure. That’s what our stories do. They allow our communities and storytellers to close wounds that have been open far too long.”

- Joie Lou Shakur

Check out our work!

Community Archive
Land of Ochun
Land of Ochun
This video is about Land of Ochun in Jamaica
Free Sza Sza!
Free Sza Sza!
Trans Affirming Space
Trans Affirming Space
What is a Trans Affirming Space? Hear what Black Trans Jamaicans have to say!
Witness, 2022
Witness, 2022

An afrofuturistic approach to gender freedom, archive creation, and time travel.

An afrofuturistic approach to gender freedom, archive creation, and time travel.

Mama, Can We Talk?
Mama, Can We Talk?
Mama, Can We Talk? is a documentary about a Black transgender person sharing their trans identity with their family.

This film would not have been possible without many community members and support from a tight knit Black trans network in the U.S South. A MASSIVE Thank You to everyone involved with each part of this process.

Special thanks to Glo Merriweather and Micky B for their help in shaping the distribution and preproduction phases (respectively) of this project.

This project was created in collaboration with House of Pentacles (a Black trans film training program and production house) and Southerners On New Ground - SONG (a regional Queer Liberation organization made up of people of color, immigrants, undocumented people, people with disabilities, working class and rural and small town, LGBTQ people in the South).

For questions, concerns, collaboration, and/or to connect about getting a copy of our complete Mama, Can We Talk? Film Screening Toolkit, reach out to houseofpentacles@gmail.com, @houseofpentacles on IG/FB, or visit houseofpentacles.com and submit a contact/connect form.
NuMas(k)ulinities
NuMas(k)ulinities
An immersive exploration of post-patriarchal mas(k)ulinity in our lifetime.Black men and masculine folks have benefitted from the system of patriarchy. From ...

Find more Comfrey Films projects on our Archive page!

It takes a village to create a film. Our work explores how this village can access individual and collective healing from trauma through the filmmaking process.