Spotlight: Lexie Bean, Logan Rozos (What Will I Become?)
September 19, 2026
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Filmmaker Spotlight
What Will I Become?
Lexie Bean, Logan Rozos · USA · 88 min
What led you to creating What Will I Become??
Lexie: An understanding that we can’t leave it up to commercial newscasters and various types of decision makers – parties who pretend to be objective – to tell our stories of community and grief.
Logan: I knew of Blake, his incredible accomplishment of being the first trans homecoming king in North Carolina, and his death, from Tumblr. His death happened during what felt like a wave of trans suicides, including that of Kyler Prescott and young trans girl Leelah Alcorn. Lexie asked me to come on board a project about transness and suicidality in 2020. I was interested not only because I remembered when these people passed, but also because I’ve seen how trans liberation and youth liberation are still such vital struggles to this day.
We also talked a lot about the idea of ghosts and negative space: how to depict absence, what a space feels like after a person who used to inhabit it is gone.
What were some inspirations going into the creative process?
Lexie: Lived experience of being a trans suicide attempt survivor; the ways in which our protagonists Blake Brockington and Kyler Prescott continue to be loved; collage and assumptions of what should and shouldn’t go together; the brilliance and care of our collaborators at every level.
Logan: We were inspired first and foremost by the insights and revelations that came to us from our interview subjects and the words and art of our protagonists Blake and Kyler. We also talked a lot about the idea of ghosts and negative space: how to depict absence, what a space feels like after a person who used to inhabit it is gone. Our visual style also took inspiration from the aesthetic influences of our respective childhoods, with the use of blanket forts, home video, and queer spaces on the internet.
Tell us what you hope the audience gets from What Will I Become? and why is a story like this important to tell?
Lexie: Trans boy mental health isn’t a fringe issue – it belongs to all of us and to our democracy. Especially in the context of screening in Charlotte – Blake Brockington has more to say to the people in his hometown. We want you to listen to him answer this question.
Logan: Even though our film focuses on two very specific stories, I hope it starts audiences thinking about how transphobia operates and manifests on a societal basis. And I hope it inspires them to show up for trans people who are being pushed out of the possibility of having a safe and dignified life in public spaces, whether that person is a loved one, someone they interact with at their job, or themselves.
How did you become a filmmaker?
Lexie: Understanding, even as an author, that words can’t do everything. With a mental health project, film is a medium that invites collaboration, long credits, and a profound acknowledgment of time – all of which I have found healing.
Logan: I started out as an actor, and film is one of my first and deepest loves in this life. I think these particular stories needed to be told through film because of the ability to incorporate visual art, and music, and to show trans people’s bodies as they live and breathe, as well as to show the silence and emptiness of when those trans people are no longer with us.
| Film | What Will I Become? |
|---|---|
| Director | Lexie Bean, Logan Rozos |
| Section | Documentary Features |
| Runtime | 88 min |
| Screening | Sat 26 Sep, 2:30 pm |
