Lana and Lilly Wachowski, who directed 'The Matrix' series, are auctioning off props and other memorabilia from their films in support of trans youths.
Lana and Lilly Wachowski, who directed"The Matrix" series, are auctioning off props and other memorabilia from their films in support of trans youths.
The sisters"have been doing some spring cleaning," Lilly Wachowski said in a tweet, and decided to pass on"some pretty major and magical artifacts." The includes more than 180 props used in"The Matrix Revolutions,""V for Vendetta,""Cloud Atlas" and other of their films., which distributes funds across several organizations supporting local trans communities, like the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition.
The sisters are both trans, and both came out publicly years after the first"Matrix" film premiered in 1999.that"The Matrix" series is an allegory for gender transition —"waking up" in reality and rejecting the simulation marks the start of the transition from one identity to another.
The auction is accepting absentee bids for the prized film memorabilia, like the prop ears Channing Tatum wore in"Jupiter Ascending."
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