Elegance Bratton
TFI Support
TFI Pond5 Program 2019
About
Elegance was thrown out of his mother’s home at the age of 16 in New Jersey for being gay. He spent the next 10 years homeless seeking refuge wherever he could find it. After ten years spent homeless he joined the U.S. Marine Corps where he learned how to make films. Elegance’s award-winning short films have played in almost 150 film festivals worldwide including Sundance, Outfest, and the American Black Film Festival. He is executive producer and creator of Viceland’s GLAAD-nominated series, MY HOUSE. He is also the author of the Kassel Art Book award winning photo book, Bound By Night. He served in the US Marine Corps as combat cameraman, and holds an undergraduate degree from Columbia University, and an MFA from NYU Tisch Grad Film.
The Inspection
In the age of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," homeless youth Ellis French joins the Marine Corps in a last ditch attempt to change his life, but must conceal his attraction for his drill instructor in order to survive bootcamp.
Pier Kids
PIER KIDS follows Desean, Casper and Krystal, three homeless queer youth who use the Piers at the end of Christopher Street to build new family as they navigate prostitution, the welfare system, and their biologicial families in order to find stable housing.