Attacks from friends and family are the real danger on a trans woman's long walk home
Smuggler’s Samantha Scaffidi directs another PSA for anti-sexual violence organization RAINN via Mirimar
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A woman’s long walk home at night is a gauntlet of threatening shadows, but the real-life dangers pale next to memories of recriminations from family and friends. As the insults mount, it becomes clear the messages of hate are attacking her for being trans. And like many survivors of sexual assault, she’s blamed for what happened to her.
Smuggler’s Samantha Scaffidi directs this PSA for RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network), a follow-up to “Wait,” which chronicled a survivor’s interminable wait for a rape kit at a hospital. “Walk” stars Leyna Bloom, a transgender rights advocate and runway model, in a spot from creative agency Mirimar.
Trans women face the highest rates of sexual violence, and by releasing the PSA on International Women’s Day, RAINN made it clear that the organization’s services are available to all survivors.
“It was always my desire to create a series of films addressing these issues. Each film enables us to show how a collective, universal trauma can affect different individuals and groups disproportionately,” Scaffidi said in a statement. “With the support of fellow creatives and RAINN, we can do so much to help shift the conversations surrounding these issues and take focused and purposeful action, ensuring that survivors get the care and resources needed.”
Credits
- Date
- Mar 09, 2021
- Client :
- RAINN
- Agency :
- Mirimar
- Starring :
- Leyna Bloom
- Founder & Chief Creative Officer :
- John McKelvey
- Co-founder & Managing Director :
- Luke McKelvey
- Creative Director :
- Nick Morrissey
- Art Director :
- Robbie Rane
- Production Company :
- Smuggler
- Director :
- Samantha Scaffidi
- Executive Producer :
- Patrick Milling-Smith
- Executive Producer :
- Brian Carmody
- Executive Producer :
- Drew Santarsiero
- Head of Production :
- Alex Hughes
- Producer :
- Luigi Rossi
- Production Supervisor :
- Cheyenne Cage
- 1st AD :
- Donna Imbarrato
- Director of Photography :
- Maceo Bishop
- Wardrobe :
- Abby Oliver
- Hair and Make Up :
- Abigail Hayden
- Casting Director :
- Kate Antognini
- Casting Director :
- Damien Bao
- Additional Photography :
- Geoffrey Taylor
- Editorial Company :
- CARTEL
- Editor :
- Kyle Valenta
- Assistant Editor :
- Grant Hall
- Head of Production :
- Meagen Carroll
- Executive Producer :
- Lauren Bleiweiss
- VFX house :
- Method Studios
- ECD / VFX Supervisor :
- Benjamin Walsh
- Senior Producer :
- Pip Malone
- Senior Flame Artist :
- Ian Holland
- Graphics Artist :
- Uzi Mor
- Color House :
- Company 3
- Colorist :
- Sofie Borup
- Producer :
- Alexandra Lubrano
- Music House :
- Citizen Music
- Head of Production :
- Theo de Gunzburg
- Executive Producer :
- Amanda Fink Mandell
- Sound Designer :
- Jonathan Fuhrer
- Assistant Sound Designer :
- Kai Rizzuto
- Mix :
- Citizen Music
- Additional Editorial :
- Stephania Dulowski
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