28/10/2025
I Was Born This Way will be screened by Denver Film Festival next Friday 11/07/25 (7pm / Denver Botanic Gardens). There will be a pre-film reception and a post film Q&A with Producer/Director Daniel Junge, participant Beatitude Bishop Zach Jones, producer Wellington Love, and executive producer Cori Robinson, moderated by journalist Lisa Kennedy.
This film was also chosen by Deadline's For the Love of Docs Oscar-Worthy Films Screening Series!
Post Production Services by Milkhaus
Co-Producers Chad Herschberger and Cathy Trekloff
Animation Team:
Art Director Chad Herschberger
Lead Rotoscope Animator Mitchell Pond (at Man Mantis)
Senior Rotoscope Animator Scott Hassell
Rotoscope Animator Dave Bardin
Backgrounds Animation Chad Herschberger, James Durée, Abigail Gibbons, Huw Bowen
Backgrounds Illustrators Sean Hall, Patrick Combs, Samuel Bradley, Kaitlin Orin
Motion Graphics Chad Herschberger, Abigail Gibbons
Lead Compositor James Durée
Additional Compositing Abigail Gibbons
Milkhaus-specific Post Team:
Additional Editing Chad Herschberger
Assistant Editor Patrick Huber
Post Assistants Jack Gould, Ellie Moffet, Lauren Tolfa
Colorist Dave Krahling
A film honoring the life and legacy of Archbishop Carl Bean, the Motown singer turned minister whose 1977 anthem I Was Born This Way became a groundbreaking declaration of q***r pride. Directed by Academy Award winner Daniel Junge alongside Sam Pollard, it blends archival footage, animation, and int...