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She's a Boy I Knew (2007)Using interviews, animation, old family footage, and voice mail, Vancouver filmmaker Gwen Haworth documents her male-to-female gender transition partially through the voices of her anxious ... See full synopsis » Director:Gwen HaworthWriter:Gwen Haworth |
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Using interviews, animation, old family footage, and voice mail, Vancouver filmmaker Gwen Haworth documents her male-to-female gender transition partially through the voices of her anxious but loving family... See full synopsis »
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brother sister relationship | sister sister relationship | voice over narration | gender | gender bender |Taglines:
A film about love, family, and transsexuality.Genres:
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EnglishRelease Date:
24 June 2008 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Tin ixera otan itan agori See more »Filming Locations:
Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaBox Office
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This is one of three films, all documentaries, I've seen so far in this year's Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. And, while all three have been worthy, even moving, films, She's a Boy I Knew is by far the best and most powerful of them. The filmmaker takes on a very daunting double task here -- essaying an intensely personal record of what her transition meant to her, while also charting the various courses her family (parents, sisters, best friend, wife) takes thru the process as well. To find a strong balance between the two -- much less a perfect one -- is an incalculably delicate matter, but Haworth absolutely nails it. Perhaps it shouldn't be too surprising that a film school graduate could so movingly share her own experience on film this way, but arguably more startling is how rich a portrait of a whole family of rather diverse personalities and reactions she brings to the screen.
A really terrific and memorable film.
Matthew