Tgirls Make Music

Tgirls Make Music is a documentary focusing on the life and work of Ishaani Ponniah, a trans woman who works as a producer and rapper under the name htmljones. The film explores her identity and career by utilizing visual styles inspired by British culture, the internet aesthetics of the 2010s, and television from the early 2000s.

Produced in the United Kingdom by Film and Video Umbrella, the thirty-minute film was written and directed by Lucy Rose Shaftain-Fenner. The cast features htmljones, Shaftain-Fenner, Olivia Campbell-Cavendish LLB, and Eva Echo appearing as themselves, alongside Chris Hale and Liadh O’Brien. The project blends the music and history genres with elements of animation.