Tangerine
Tangerine is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Sean Baker, and written by Baker and Chris Bergoch, starring Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, and James Ransone. The story follows a transgender sex worker who discovers her boyfriend and pimp has been cheating on her. The film was shot with three iPhone 5S smartphones.
Plot
Transgender sex worker Sin-Dee Rella, who has just finished a 28-day jail sentence, meets her friend Alexandra, another trans sex worker, at a donut shop in Hollywood on Christmas Eve. Alexandra reveals that Sin-Dee's boyfriend and pimp Chester has been cheating on her with a cisgender woman. Sin-Dee storms out to search the neighborhood for Chester and the woman.
More details
author | Sean Baker |
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contentLocation | Los Angeles |
director | Sean Baker |
editor | Sean Baker |
genre | comedy-drama |
keywords | cab driver car wash cheat christmas eve cisgender crystal meth donut shop engage even follow methamphetamine nothing pick up pimp procure sex worker shop owner shout smoke track down transgender sex worker transphobia transphobic |
producer | Darren Dean Karrie Cox Marcus Cox Sean Baker Shih-Ching Tsou |
publisher | Magnolia Pictures |
recordedAt | Los Angeles |
theme | female buddy independent lgbt-related |