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Oscar Wilde's Salome is reset in an after-hours nightclub full of off-duty strippers and mountains of cocaine- and it's a rock opera with a majority trans/non-binary sex worker cast.

  • Ilima Considine
    Director
  • Ilima Considine
    Writer
  • Ilima Considine
    Producer
  • Sarah Vaeth
    Producer
  • Delaney Smith
    Key Cast
    "Samantha"
  • Paris Hoover
    Key Cast
    "Alex"
  • Bennett Mohler
    Key Cast
    "Jean Baptiste"
  • Rick TS
    Key Cast
    "Zander"
  • Project Type:
    Other
  • Genres:
    musical, horror, feminist, gay
  • Completion Date:
    April 7, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    22,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Ilima Considine

Ilima Considine is the voice and driving force of the international art pop experiment known as The Sexbots. This is her first feature film.

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Director Statement

This is a feminist retelling of Salome- retold not as a story of a man in power led astray by a teenage temptress, but of a young girl caught in an impossible situation in a world where patriarchy forces women to objectify both themselves and others. And yet, in spite of everything, young queer folk discover themselves and loves- irrepressible as dandelions growing out of a sidewalk.