sat 8/11/08, 5 – 6.15pm - shorts program 1
Session 1: shorts program one:
Playing With Gender, What I Am, Somewhere In Between, Dive, Thorn In Your Side, One In 2000, Two-Spirited People
- SATURDAY 8th November ‘08
- 5 – 6.15pm Duration 75min
- Cinema 5 (wheelchair accessible)
- Tickets: £6.50/4.50
GENDER FLUID FRAMES: This is a program where the film makers re-image gender roles and question, with playful spirits, the conciousness of fluid identities in between the binary. The makers of these films have expressed their vision beyond any doubt that we all have a variety of perspectives, and we are all individuals within a colourful spectrum. A great program never to transform like this again. Not to be missed!
- Playing With Gender
USA 2007. Dir:Ashly Altadonna. 7minYoung people on a picnic learn about gender, gender roles, and transgendered identities in this re-imagining of a 1950’s educational film. The film shows how gender is constructed and a multitude of gender identities that fall outside the boundaries of simply male or female.
- What I Am
IRELAND 2008. Dir: Fiona Hynes. 9min‘What I Am’ portrays one persons struggle to find an identity outside of the ‘norm’. In a society ruled by labels, Cat McIlroy fights the gender stereotypes forced upon her from a young age. ‘What I Am’ opens a window on to issues of gender, identity and the lengths people will go to in order to feel happy about themselves. - Somewhere In Between
USA 2005. Dir: Gina Pei Chi. 3minSomewhere In Between traces the formation of an Asian girl’s androgynous identity through documenting real life images with first person voice over narration. While the images are showing various public places like churches, playgrounds, washrooms, and clothing stores, the audio is revealing the girl’s experience as being gender bended and her deep concern about the social construction of binary gender roles. - Dive
FRANCE 2007. Dir: Opie Boero Imwinkelried. 3minI look at myself. In Dive, I subject my body to constant transformations and deformations evoking some type of monstrosity at first. But as my body keeps endlessly twirling through the tunnel, the idea of monstrosity becomes irrelevant, and the body-tunnel turns into a medium to reach something beyond it. - Thorn In Your Side
USA 2007/8. Dir: Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson. 5minsThe San Francisco Trans March is both a protest against the violence and discrimination faced by the trans community and a celebration of their strength and spirit. We asked everybody at the march “How do you define your gender?” You may be surprised at the variety of answers. In memory of Gwen Araujo, Ruby Ordenana, Tony “Delicious” Green, Michelle Eddie Lee, Tyra Hunter and all those whose lives are threatened by homophobia and transphobia. - One In 2000
USA 2006. Dir: Ajae Clearway. 27min‘One in 2000′ explores intersex lives from a variety of perspectives and diverse voices. It reaches beyond the issues of gender and medical treatment to connect with a wider audience on the topics of family, school, and relationships. This moment in time is an historical crossroads in which doctors around the world are beginning to treat intersex not as a social emergency, but as the complex condition that it is. - Two-Spirited People
USA 1991. Dir. Michel Beauchemin, Lori Levy & Gretchen Vogel. 20minAn overview of historical and contemporary Native American concepts of gender, sexuality and sexual orientation. This documentary explores the berdache tradition in Native American culture, in which individuals who embody feminine and masculine qualities act as a conduit between the physical and spiritual world, and because of this are placed in positions of power within the community.
