A 45 year old Xicane trans man returns to his hometown, Albuquerque, New Mexico in search of the origin of a secret code he learned when he identified as a young dyke in the 1980s.
THE WHISTLE tells the story of a secret code created by and shared among young lesbians in 1970s & 80s Albuquerque, New Mexico as a means of self-identification and finding community.
StormMiguel Florez is a trans, queer Chicane filmmaker, whose work includes the award-winning films "The Whistle" (2019, Producer/Director), "MAJOR!" (2015, Editor/Co-Producer) and "Vulveeta (2022, Co-producer, Editor, Actor). StormMiguel is currently working on his feature narrative directorial debut, "Welcome To Roswell," for which he received received a 2022 SFFILM/Rainin grant, 2021 Sundance Trans Possibilities fellowship, a Film Fatales Stowe Story Labs Fellowship, and most recently a grant from the Sundance/Gold House One House Filmmakers Fund. StormMiguel is also an event producer, actor, and a life-long musician. His first acting role was at the tender age of ten in the made for TV movie, Police Woman Centerfold. He’s originally from Albuquerque, NM, which he very much considers to be his homeland, and has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 27 years. He lives with his life partner and fellow filmmaker, Annalise Ophelian, and their 2 chihuahuas.
