Keyboard Fantasies

Keyboard Fantasies

Posy Dixon’s film brings into the limelight the voice of an artist marginalised by transphobia, whose winning story recalls Searching for Sugarman.

In another world Beverly Glenn-Copeland would have had the fame he deserved. The child of a Classical pianist and gospel singer, Glenn-Copeland fell in love with music at an early age. He studied music but found little commercial success. A 1984 recording, from which this film takes its title and which was recorded on an Atari home studio, was self-released, but sold little. However, things took a bizarre turn in 2016 and Glenn-Copeland’s fortunes changed.

Keyboard Fantasies profits from Glenn-Copeland’s input. Articulate, warm, funny and wry in his summation of the course his life has taken, he’s a wonderful guide through the troubles he experienced and his recent fame. As well as an impassioned overview of a life that pushed to the periphery through the prejudice of others, Dixon’s film also offers hope of a society that could move beyond such myopia and accept people for what they can achieve.

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Runtime 60 Minutes
Release date 2021
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  • Certification: 12