Even with the critical acclaim Jane Schoenbrun received for 'I Saw the TV Glow', it was difficult to finance 'Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma'.
“Everyone except for Mubi passed on this movie, to be totally blunt. Every major studio and distributor passed on the film, and I think it’s because of the limits of what kinds of queer and trans stories are deemed commercial or not commercial.”
I've been holding back because everyone loves this guy but almost everything in this short film was my work.
I wrote, shot, edited this - his contribution was the acting. But he wanted everyone to think he was an auteur, so he ghosted me and released it under his name.
Yes, I am occasionally attracted to men. Yes, I occasionally dress as a woman. Being truly comfortable as a heterosexual, cisgender man means I am not afraid of those things