Brooklyn film trio’s ‘Boycott Band’ takes on NC’s anti-transgender bill with satire that actually works

When not faced with immediate threats to our safety or consumed with the prospect of Trump as president, we New Yorkers are wont to turn our energies outwards, championing the city’s progressive values in places where they’re still doing it wrong. Like North Carolina, hey, remember that? It was just this earlier this year that North Carolina lawmakers passed HB2, the horrific anti-transgender law, and wouldn’t you know it, that goddamn thing is still standing. A handful of bands cancelled their North Carolina tour dates to speak out against it, and college athletics programs pulled out earlier this month, but no progress on repealing the law has been made. In an attempt to revive awareness about HB2, a small film production company in Brooklyn is taking a stand in the best way: with satire. The Dumbo-based company, XY Content, made a mockumentary-style film called Boycott Band, which proposes the following: What if, in light of the series of artists boycotting shows throughout North Carolina after HB2 was passed, a ’90s… Read More

Brooklyn film trio’s ‘Boycott Band’ takes on NC’s anti-transgender bill with satire that actually works : Brokelyn