Winner of the Australia Teachers of Media Award (ATOM).
ORCHIDS MY INTERSEX ADVENTURES
D. Phoebe Hart
2010 / Australia / 60min
English
Gen X filmmaker Phoebe Hart always knew she was different growing up-but she didn’t know why. This award-winning doc traces Phoebe’s voyage of self-discovery across Australia as an intersex person, a group of conditions formerly termed hermaphroditism. Learning only in her teens that she was born with male chromosomes, Hart now seeks to understand her own story and the stories of others affected by this complex and often shameful syndrome. Questioning rigidly defined constructs of gender, sexuality, and normality, often with lively good humour, ORCHIDS is an engaging portrait of survival, courage and reconciliation.
Preceded by
FLUXX
D. Stephane T. Boutet
2010 / Canada / 7min
English
FluXX is a visually alternative audio-based documentary that explores the process of transitioning and the inevitable differences between male and female gender.
Death of My Daughter
D. Leon Mostovoy
2011 / USA / 11min
English
This documentary explores the intimate thoughts and feelings shared by FTM transgender models participating in a unique photo exhibit that put to rest-in-peace their former female identity. These participants deconstruct the great wall of conformity by living life and gender on their own terms.
