Basil Shadid

Movies

Angels Are Made of Light
Executive Producer
American documentarian James Longley delivers a sweeping, profoundly compassionate group portrait of Afghan students and teachers still weathering national turbulence.
I Touched All Your Stuff
Director of Photography
This is a film about Christopher Kirk, an American IT guy who moves to Colombia after reading about Pablo Escobar’s hippopotamuses. It is also a film about the story of V., a story that Kirk obsessively tells and retells about his infatuation with a mysterious Japanese-columbian woman. A story that may or may not have to do with his arrest in 2009 in Brazil for international drug trafficking. Moreover, it is also a film about two directors.
Drag Becomes Him
Writer
An intimate glimpse inside the life of internationally acclaimed drag performer Jinkx Monsoon.
Drag Becomes Him
Editor
An intimate glimpse inside the life of internationally acclaimed drag performer Jinkx Monsoon.
Drag Becomes Him
Producer
An intimate glimpse inside the life of internationally acclaimed drag performer Jinkx Monsoon.
R/Evolve
Writer
When Lincoln encounters a radical queer hitchhiker, his inner artist awakens, threatening his job, his recent engagement with Lucas, and the campaign for marriage equality.
Austin Unbound
Director
Deafness may appear to be his disability, but that isn't what makes Austin self-conscious. This is a film at the intersection of Deaf and transgender. Burdened by female anatomy, he binds his chest every day. While his mother strives to accept his male identity, Austin's community views him as a pioneer. A natural comedian and romantic, Austin's courageous journey is shared in AUSTIN UNBOUND, which follows him through personal reflections, family interactions, and even into the operating room. AUSTIN UNBOUND, a deaf journey of transgender heroism breaks through barriers and tells a sensitive story with grace and heart.