New Deep South

• Kayla

  10 mins

  Episode 02 of the award-winning web series, New Deep South, explores the evolution of identity as young Austin considers what transitioning to a woman would mean in the heart of the Mississippi Delta.

  Co-created by: Lauren Cioffi + Rosie Haber in collaboration with The Front (Thalia Mavros)

   

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• Instababy

  12 mins

  New Deep South ventures into the lives of queer youth to explore the tangled and complex nature of sexual identity and family in the 21st-century American South. In our first episode, Instababy, co-creators Rosie Haber and Lauren Cioffi follow Toni and Keeta, a queer couple in Jackson, Mississippi, as they try to start a family in a state where same-sex adoption is still illegal. So, they turn to the best resource at their disposal: Instagram.

  Co-created by: Rosie Haber + Lauren Cioffi in collaboration with The Front (Thalia Mavros)

• Season Trailer

  2 mins

  This series explores the vibrant and multifaceted queer culture that is emerging in the American South. Our first stop is Jackson, Mississippi and the Delta area. Playing against old stereotypes of Mississippi as a state of social conservatism and stagnation, we follow the lives of queer youth to explore the tangled and complex nature of sexual identity in the New Deep South.

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