About this Event
When their mother criticizes their painted fingernails, a non-binary film professor confronts a lifelong struggle with gender identity.
They set out on a journey—searching for a gender non-conforming childhood role model, traveling with a multigenerational trans community, and befriending a trans historian. Past and present intertwine, revealing how personal identity is shaped by collective memory—and how, for many trans people, the personal is inherently political.
Director Biography - Shon Keane
Shon Keane is a non-binary New Yorker who writes about people learning to love and laugh while living through catastrophe.
Their short films have screened widely at film festivals, including Telluride, where their teen misfit dramedy THE PROM QUEEN was selected for the “Filmmakers of Tomorrow” section. A graduate of the Columbia Film Division, Shon has written a wide range of feature screenplays, including the queer forbidden love story PANSY, which won top prize at the Independent Feature Project and the Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition.
They recently completed the feature documentary FINDING BERNIE about their search for their gender nonconforming childhood role model Bernie, who cleaned houses in the suburbs of Boston in the 1970s.
Shon is an Associate Professor at the City University of New York (BMCC) and a yoga and mindfulness instructor who in their spare time can be found in Central Park staring at tree
DIRECTOR & WRITER : Shon Keane
PRODUCER: Melanie Williams Oram
HOW YOU SEE ME Screening Date & Time: October 4th at 2:30 PM
(Screening alongside the feature documentary Finding Bernie)
About the Film
What does it truly feel like to navigate the world as a young transgender artist? In How You See Me, high school senior Raemond transforms personal identity, vulnerability, and resilience into striking wearable art. Through creative expression, the short documentary provides a rare, personal window into the transgender experience, showing how art can become both a protective armor and a powerful voice.
Director Biography
Dave Monahan & Raemond Monahan
Dave Monahan makes small movies about big-hearted people. Raemond Monahan is a college senior majoring in ceramics and art education, passionate about using visual mediums for self-expression and community connection.
Director Statement
"This movie is a father/son collaboration. We hope it helps viewers understand and embrace the transgender and queer people in their own families and communities."
Join us for a powerful screening of How You See Me, a father-son collaborative documentary following a transgender artist using wearable art to explore identity, paired with the feature documentary Finding Bernie.
Full Description:
Art becomes armor, identity, and bridge-building in How You See Me. Co-directed by father-and-son team Dave and Raemond Monahan, this tender short documentary follows Raemond as a high school senior crafting wearable art pieces that visually express the emotional reality of being transgender.
Co-presented as part of our community film lineup, this session highlights local queer storytelling, family support, and the transformative power of creative expression.
DIRECTOR : Dave Monahan and Raymond Monahan
PRODUCER : Dave Monahan
Event venue & nearby stays
Burns Court Cinemas, 506 Burns Court, Sarasota, United States
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