‘The Sound of Identity’ Reaches Staggering Milestone

Ending 2024, The Sound of Identity has been screened with audiences in 79 film festivals and private event showings in 36 countries on all seven continents in the world. The feature documentary won top honors in film fests from Bali and Baku, to Malta, Germany and Nigeria. Beyond its reach on the big and small screens, the film is curricula in multiple universities, including Princeton University.   

The documentary was filmed five years ago, pre-Covid, and has been in distribution for four years, this month. The Sound of Identity documents Lucia Lucas, the first transgender woman in opera history to perform on a MainStage Opera as Don Giovanni in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lucas has gone on to world recognition, performing at The Met multiple times, and performing the titular role in opera composer Tobias Picker’s critically acclaimed Lile Elbe. The opera was named Best World Premiere at Germany’s International Opera Prize, through its OPER! Awards. Picker, who is Lucas’ mentor, is also featured in the documentary.

The film is proof positive of Kirkpatrick & Kinslow’s commitment to impact & acclaim for stories that can enlighten and empower people around the world. Producers chose to premiere the film at the OUTShine Film Festival in Ft. Lauderdale & Miami, a nod to its important audience appeal in the LGBTQ+ community. The film won the coveted Programmer’s Award at the festival.

Producers are extremely grateful to everyone who’s screened the film, and to Lucia Lucas, Tobias Picker, Tulsa Opera, and others who allowed us to document this historic film through the magic of Director James Kicklighter’s vision.

The Kirkpatrick & Kinslow film property The Sound of Identity is in domestic distribution with Shout! Factory while foreign distribution includes the United Kingdom, and other European markets through Bohemia Media and Proximus Media.