LiME, currently streaming on Amazon Prime, tells the story of how they found their voice against the backdrop of oppression.
A snapshot of a day in the life of a young queer Black boy named Deshawn (played by Urian Ross), LiME (see trailer below) follows Deshawn as he fearlessly auditions for the community majorettes team despite intimidation from his Black cisgender counterparts.
For Storey, it’s a narrative that hits home — literally.“Compton is primarily Black and Hispanic communities, and in those cultures, oftentimes, homophobia is something that we’re still working on with our communities, so it was a weird thing for me as a kid,” they reflect. “I love where I came from, love it to this day, but oftentimes [it] felt like I wasn’t.