


Three music videos weave a story of love, identity and self-actualization.
"The Light" tells the love story of a girl exploring her queer identity at the onset of the 21st century’s evolving negotiation of gender and sexuality. Told through a series of three music videos written and performed by Zhalarina Sanders, The Light is her story — at once personal and universal — of the complexities of navigating faith, sexuality, parenthood and self-actualization.
"The Light" tells the love story of a girl exploring her queer identity at the onset of the 21st century’s evolving negotiation of gender and sexuality. Told through a series of three music videos written and performed by Zhalarina Sanders, The Light is her story — at once personal and universal — of the complexities of navigating faith, sexuality, parenthood and self-actualization.
Meet Zhalarina Sanders, The Light's writer, creator and central performer.
Behind "The Light": Zhalarina
Suffocated at school and home, Zhalarina struggles to write and gets a heartbreaking hit.
Act II: Soot Swallowed
The Light is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin.