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The AFA or the Alliance For All Wrestling is a Southern California-based wrestling promotion that was founded by the "proud professional gay wrestler" Barbie Boi. So can you talk about the intentionality of that? Well, you're right, they're such key allies to us, and I had a very special relationship with my mother, and so it really was personal to me, but also the real Cassandro, his mother was everything to him.

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I was blown away by Cassandro's story. And I just wanted to tell a very uplifting story about us and not a depressing, sad story. But actual queer representation in the sport has been painfully lacking — which is why one ultra-gay wrestler is the internet’s latest obsession.

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That was all his mother. He's so positive and confident, and his flamboyance and he just loved himself. Why did you want to highlight all of that, especially the relationship with his mother and the woman in his life, who helped uplift him and made him who he is?

I work in VR and different forms of storytelling. I am always wanting to challenge myself. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Out: E ven before you had written the film and even before you were set to direct it, when was the first time you heard about Cassandro and learned about him and his story?

His mother taught him how to dress and gave him his flamboyant fashion sense. This video discusses the queer history of wrestling and how pro-wrestling borrows from (and has rejected aspects of) queer culture. So what was the genesis of you going from documentary shorts and documentary-style filmmaking to a narrative feature?

And then I went and met Cassandro and I just couldn't believe he radiates this energy, this sort of charisma, this positive energy. We dive into some of the. His mother taught him how to do his makeup when he was a boy. For so many queer people, gay men especially, we know that women are often our first allies.

Learn what gay wrestling is, its history, key figures, and how it celebrates identity, diversity, and representation in the sports. His mother was how he created the persona of Cassandro, through his mother. The New Yorker came to me and said, 'We have this great story.

And I think we need more of those stories and that was really why I wanted to do it. And then so we sat down and we started doing the interview and he was telling me his story and we both started crying and I was like, 'This is my first film.

And what made you want to, for your first narrative feature, tell Cassandro's story? I think one of my favorite aspects of the film is Cassandro's relationship with women, especially with his mother and his trainer.

I'm always wanting to do something new and different as a storyteller and use different types of storytelling. Love that. I went and I said yes immediately because I read the story. Pro wrestling has long been a source of gay awakenings: scantily clad, muscle-bound men oiled up and pinning each other down?

I have to tell this story.