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She's a Boy I Knew
70 minutes Documentary / Gay & Lesbian / IndieFlix Official Selections
They say that when someone comes out of the closet, they can't stop talking about it. Vancouver filmmaker Gwen Haworth not only talked she made a movie.
Intended Audience: Family
Using archival family footage, interviews, phone messages and hand-drawn animation, Haworth’s documentary begins in 2000 when she came out to her family about lifelong female gender identity, and transitioned from Steve to Gwen. The resulting auto-ethnology is not only an exploration into the filmmaker’s transition from biological male to female, but also an emotionally charged account of the individual struggles and stakes that her family experienced.
Each stepping stone in the transititon process becomes an opportunity to explore her community’s, and our own, underlying assumptions about gender and sexuality. As her transition progresses, Gwen is forced to reckon with the end of her marriage and the loss of her status as son and brother. But, in doing so, she also discovers that while the nature of personal relationships may change, the love and support can become just as powerful.
- Directed by: Gwen Haworth
- Written by: Gwen Haworth
- Produced by: Gwen Haworth
- Run Time: 70 minutes
- Release Date: 2007
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Country:
United States of America
- Intended Audience: family
Written by Gwen Haworth
Produced by Gwen Haworth
Cast
Gwen (Steven) Haworth:
Malgosia Rawicz Mann:
Colleen Haworth:
Thomas Haworth:
Kim Haworth:
Nicole Haworth:
Roari Richardson:
Michael A. Mann: Animator
Diego Maclean : Animator
Daniel E. Moxon : Composer
http://www.sfbaytimes.com/?sec=article&article_id=9039
2007 - Audience Award for Most Popular Canadian Film - Vancouver International Film Festival
2007 - Women in Film and Television Artistic Merit Award - Vancouver International Film Festival
2007 - Audience Award for Documentary - image+nation: Montreal Int'l LGBT Film Festival
2008 - Audience Award - Best of the Festival - Kingston's ReelOut9 Queer Film + Video Festival
2008 - Runner Up - Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Film Competition - Cleveland International Film Festival
2008 - Community Hero Award - Visual Artist of the Year - Xtra West
2008 - Best Screenwriting in a Documentary - Leo Awards - British Columbia Film & Television Awards
2008 - Audience Award for Documentary - Inside Out - Toronto
2008 - Honourable Mention - Best Canadian Feature-Length Narrative or Documentary - Inside Out - Toronto
2008 - Audience Award for Best Documentary - Fairy Tales Int'l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival - Calgary
2008 - Jury Award for Best Documentary - Fairy Tales Int'l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival - Calgary
2008 - Audience Award for Best Documentary - Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
2008 - Jury Award for Best Documentary - Outflix Film Festival - Memphis
2008 - Special Mention - Jury Award for Best Queer Film - Reykjavik International Film Festival - Iceland
2008 - Jury Award for Best Documentary - Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
2008 - Audience Award for Best Documentary - Mix Brasil: Festival de Cinema da Diversidade Sexual
2008 - Jury Award for Best Transgendered Film - Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
2009 - Jury Award for Best Documentary - Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival
2009 - Jury Award for Best Documentary - LLAMALE H, Uruguay Int'l Film Festival on Sexual & Gender Diversity
Is this available in Canada? If, yes, where??