Please note: This was screened in July 2022
X (Will Krisanda) is a white transgender actor who struggles with what it means to be seen, both as a representation of transgender identity on screen, and interpersonally as the beloved outsider to his queer community of amateur-bowling lesbians who meet as The Lavender League.
When Susan (Faith Bryan), the captain of the Lavender League, asks X to speak at her funeral, X finds himself thrown into a time of not only intense grief, but also of desire. At the funeral, an unexpected and Alex (Tracy Kowalski), a handsome stranger arrives, who turns out to be Susan’s estranged, transgender son...
Death and Bowling is one of the first long form cinematic works to feature an almost entirely transgender cast in both transgender and non-transgender roles.