Merman | movie | 2023 | Official Featurette - video Dailymotion

A 58 year-old Black queer man speaks about his life as an emergency nurse, leather title holder and civil rights advocat | dG1fYS1hWThTS1BVbWc

Transcript

00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 - Hi, my name is Sterling Hampton.

00:06 I'm the director, producer, composer, and editor of "Merman."

00:11 "Merman" is about a 59-year-old black queer man

00:15 who is a leather enthusiast,

00:17 emergency nurse, husband, and friend.

00:21 We filmed this project in Palm Springs in seven hours.

00:25 And in the project,

00:27 Andre talks about his struggles with masculinity,

00:31 identity, battling bigotry,

00:34 and navigating his young life,

00:38 highlighting how later on,

00:41 he kind of figured out that the things

00:43 that make him different are truly the things

00:45 that make him beautiful.

00:46 And I think that many people can identify with that.

00:51 They can relate to it.

00:53 And that's what makes the project special.

00:56 There's gonna be one part, at least,

00:59 that you also connect with Andre on.

01:03 And ultimately, I think the project proves

01:05 that people are multidimensional.

01:08 There's many different facets to us.

01:10 (upbeat music)

01:15 (dramatic music)

01:18 (upbeat music)

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