The Rainbow State Dump 🌈
Slides 2–4 were taken in Maui, the rest on the Big Island.
Honorable mentions that deserve their moment:
Onekahakaha Beach
Keaukaha Beach Park
@embodymovement for pole ✨
@krishnacowsanctuary for cow cuddling 🐮
Closing this month out serving scenes from @blackqueercreativesummit
Grateful to have been part of such an inspiring and transformative gathering. Thank you @glaad , @dashawnusher , @julian.walker , and all who made this space of connection possible. Still feeling renewed and deeply affirmed.
1st & 7th 📸: @laquanndawson
#bqcs2025 #glaad
Meet Our Intimacy Coordinator: Bleu Valerio (she/they) 💫
Trained through Intimacy Directors & Coordinators (IDC), Bleu works across film, TV, and live performance, blending their background as a licensed psychotherapist and movement artist to create trauma informed, consent driven spaces on set.
As a Black, Queer, Afro Latine creative, Bleu champions stories centering BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and gender expansive characters, with expertise in queer intimacy, polyamorous relationships, kink, and power exchange.
Their holistic approach ensures both creative vision and performer well being are held with equal care, making them an essential part of 100% Switch. 💥
#100PercentSwitch #IntimacyCoordinator #QueerStorytelling #FilmCommunity #BIPOCCreators #OnSetSafety
Swimming Holes made it into the Atlanta Film Festival and having its first premiere at the Tara Theatre this Saturday!
It feels like no accident that a film shaped by grief and healing would arrive just as I’m learning to carry my own. As I honor my abuela’s passing this month, this story becomes an offering. This one is for her.
Endless love to Kasey (& huge congrats on your vision being on the big screen again!), who gave Tay and me the space to play, reflect, and dive deep into conversations about essentialism, spirituality, life, and death. And deep gratitude to the crew who added their magic to this layered piece of art.
P.S. Make sure to call and check on your loved ones as well.
Starring:
Me😬 as Destiny
@tayzlife as Serenity
@cynthiadperry as Grandmother’s voice
@rodgricj as friend on voicemail
Crew
Writer/Director/DP - @kaseylmartin
Editor - @itisme_ria
Sound Design & Mix - @gldemm
Music Supervisor - @likwuid
Movement snippets from some workshops during the @blackgirlspole family reunion in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Y’all..I didn’t capture much to show the full extent of this event. However, there were so many gems that left me feeling renewed sense of purpose to move and teach again. To be able to share space and speak with a lot of beautiful, intellectual, and powerful black women/beings was nothing short of magical. To be seen and supported within community was priceless. All to say, show up for yourself and keep doing what you love.
