Luchina Fisher is an award-winning director, writer and producer who works at the intersection of race, gender and identity. She is known for her feature directorial debut Mama Gloria, about Chicago trans icon activist Gloria Allen, the short documentary Team Dream, executive produced by Queen Latifah, and her documentary short THE DADS, about six dads of trans and LGBTQ kids on a weekend fishing trip.
Films
The Dads
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(2023)
When five fathers of trans kids join Dennis Shepard, the father of slain gay college student Matthew Shepard, for a weekend fishing trip in rural Oklahoma, they find common purpose across races, generations and experiences.
Team Dream
Stream on BET
(2022)
As close friends Ann Smith and Madeline Murphy Rabb prepare for the 2022 National Senior Games, we learn about their lives growing up amid segregation and stigma before breaking boundaries in their adopted hometown of Chicago.
Mama Gloria
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(2020)
Mama Gloria is a feature documentary about Gloria Allen, a 75-year-old Black trailblazing transgender activist who started a charm school for queer youth.
