Capri Culpepper is back on the screen, this time in a feature-length documentary film chronicling what she went through at the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles while trying to get her driver's license. The transgender teen was asked to take off her makeup for the picture when she first tried to get a license. Culpepper eventually won the right in court to have her picture retaken. Filmmaker Caleb Holland has followed Culpepper's story for two years. "At a time when most people are just trying to figure out who they are, she knew who she was, and she fought for that, so I'm her biggest fan," Holland said. "We've come a long way in the south, but I think in the small towns, there's still a lot of work to do toward cooperation and understanding marginalized communities, so I hope this (film) can be a part of that." Holland said he wanted his first film to have a personal connection. "I grew up gay in Anderson, and that's really hard, and so I saw a lot of Capri's struggles in my own past, so it was important to me to go to these local communities throughout the southeast and to capture LGBTQ experiences," Holland said. "Chasing Capri" will be released online on May 26 on chasingcapri.com, before a series of screenings across the south benefiting various LGBTQ charities.

Capri Culpepper is back on the screen, this time in a feature-length documentary film chronicling what she went through at the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles while trying to get her driver's license.

The transgender teen was asked to take off her makeup for the picture when she first tried to get a license.


Culpepper eventually won the right in court to have her picture retaken.

Filmmaker Caleb Holland has followed Culpepper's story for two years.

"At a time when most people are just trying to figure out who they are, she knew who she was, and she fought for that, so I'm her biggest fan," Holland said. "We've come a long way in the south, but I think in the small towns, there's still a lot of work to do toward cooperation and understanding marginalized communities, so I hope this (film) can be a part of that."

Holland said he wanted his first film to have a personal connection.

"I grew up gay in Anderson, and that's really hard, and so I saw a lot of Capri's struggles in my own past, so it was important to me to go to these local communities throughout the southeast and to capture LGBTQ experiences," Holland said.

"Chasing Capri" will be released online on May 26 on chasingcapri.com, before a series of screenings across the south benefiting various LGBTQ charities.