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"Happy Trans Girl Like Me" music video

"Happy Trans Girl Like Me" is the original song about the joys of being a fully-expressed transgender female, brought to life with clips of Fran Sisco, her daughter and friends at various venues (including at the famous San Gennaro Festival in Little Italy in New York City. The song is fun as are the scenes. The lyrics are subtitled in English and Italian (and one verse in French), as an extra appeal for Italian communities (Fran Sisco's 4 grandparents are from Calabria in Italy) and the hearing-impaired communities (Fran's younger brother was hearing impaired, yet still loved music and dancing.) The subtitles enhance not impede the enjoyment of the song.

  • Fran Sisco
    Director
  • Fran Sisco
    Writer
  • Fran Sisco
    Producer
  • Fran Sisco
    Key Cast
    "Fran"
  • Kelly Sisco
    Key Cast
    "Kelly"
  • Clover Welsh
    Key Cast
    "Clover"
  • Ryan Wolowski
    Key Cast
    "Ryan"
  • Project Type:
    Music Video, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Music, LGBT, Inspirational
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 43 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 29, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digial
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Fran Sisco

Fran Sisco is a Left-brain & Right-Brain transgender female creative, spanning several disciplines for over 50 years, with many productions in the last 10 years related to her experiences in her transition to full-time female, including as a:

(a) filmmaker of two award-winning IMDb-festival documentaries “Happy Trans Girl Like Me” and “Being a Trans Girl,” showing the exhilaration, happiness and community spirit of the LGBTQ movement in particular, joys through singing, diversity of New York and the NYC Pride Parade,

(b) singer-songwriter performing scores of her own songs and poems including “Happy Trans Girl Like Me,” “Being a Trans Girl,” and “Aging Trans Girl Blues,” all relating to the joys and self-expression about being a trans girl, and included in films, plays, performances, films and videos

(c) writer (films, plays including “Once a Boy”, songs, poems, essays, comedy sketches and jokes for stand-up comedy, books),

(d) artist (with over 10 of her paintings, wood sculptures and steel sculptures that have been featured in many art shows and galleries, winning awards) including several showing several aspects of trans life including self-expression, transgender colors, diversity, inclusion, variety, and the growth of the transgender movement,

(e) actor appearing as a transgender female individual in films listed above and “Awakening Arlene,” “Invisible,” “100% Comedy Sketch Show,” and plays/musicals including “Mame” (Harrison, NY) and “Used” (NY Theatre Festival), and

(f) radio talk show host of “Crisis Help Show” including WVOX (12 years) and internet based programs, often with interview shows about dealing effectively with stress and crisis.

Fran lives in New Rochelle, NY with her daughter Kelly and Kelly’s boyfriend Arturo, and a graduate of Iona College, cum laude. Fran is a CPA and financial advisor with over 100 current clients.

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Director Statement

As director, my main mission was to convey the joy of being self-expressed and true to one self in all aspects of the song, the people, places, and actions, and to make it all look effortless and natural. Fran Sisco