Under False Colors Film
A story about Frances Thompson, the first transgender woman to testify before the U.S. Congress in 1866, and the Free Black community that she belongs to.
Fund This Black Trans Film!
Frances Thompson was a Reconstruction-Era seamstress and washerwoman who provided support and housing to women and gender non-conforming folks as a pillar of her community.
Help us tell her story!
Find an Under False Colors screening near you:
Under False Colors is directed by Mickaela Bradford, our first Director-In-Residence, and was created with the support of the Comfrey Films community.
Together, we’ve brought Frances’ story to festivals across this country and even internationally. Thank you all for helping us get to this moment. We’re so excited to share this film.
Under False Colors Screenings this year:
July 16: The Film Collective Short Film Festival
August 18: Black August Film Festival
August 22nd: Freedom Festival International in Columbia, SC
September 5: 2nd Annual International Trans Academic Conference in Chicago
September 6: Hay Festival Querétaro
September 17: Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival
September 7-28: TALA Arts - Insistence on Another World Exhibit in Brooklyn
October 4: Raleigh Film & Art Festival
October 4-6: Bendita Tú in Buenos Aires, Argentina
If you’d like to partner with us to bring this film to your community, please reach out to underfalsecolors@gmail.com!
Thank you so much for investing in the telling of Black Trans femme stories and storytellers. Your donation has immense impact and we can’t wait to share with you this beautiful story and unprecedented work of art.
- Mickaela Bradford, UFC Film Director & CF Director in Residence 2022-2024