Self-Made Men

Self-Made Men follows the entrepreneurial duo behind the groundbreaking transmedia platform Original Plumbing (OP). Photographer Amos Mac and rapper Rocco Kayiatos live in a world where there’s no set way to be a trans man. They put together OP, an online hub and physical magazine that is becoming a platform for the trans community to speak for and about themselves. Each issue covers a theme (family, school, work, sports, the environment), and features trans men from all walks of life. While OP has a stronghold of support from front line advocates like Kate Bornstein and Janet Mock, Rocco and Amos struggle to stay financially afloat. They must find a way to expand OP into a moneymaking enterprise. They are true entrepreneurs, self-made men who gain trust in their abilities to make the impossible happen as the series progresses. When we meet Rocco and Amos in the pilot, they can barely make it to the next issue of OP and just want to survive one more round. Over time, they come to invest more of themselves, and their efforts culminate into the production of a profound issue about their heroes (final episode). United by the shared experience of being culture-makers, transgender, roommates, business owners, cat lovers, Rocco and Amos deflect tensions with irresistible humor and deadpan repartee.