Lady Trojans is less a film about young lesbians on a high school basketball team than it is an audiovisual diary of the high school experience, viewed through a lesbian lens.
A particularly personal documentary, the film focuses on director Elizabeth Hesik’s sister Anna, and her friendships and romantic relationships with her teammates, many of who happen to be lesbians.
We begin with a grown Anna reminiscing about her old days as a star player for the Catalina High School Lady Trojans, circa 1990-1993. She takes us through her story, beginning with her freshman year as a new recruit on the team (in both basketball and lesbianism), and continuing through her entire high school experience.
Using present-day interviews with herself and with a variety of friends and teammates, actual 1990s home video footage (these girls apparently brought their camcorder everywhere) and re-creations shot specifically for the documentary, Lady Trojans...
A particularly personal documentary, the film focuses on director Elizabeth Hesik’s sister Anna, and her friendships and romantic relationships with her teammates, many of who happen to be lesbians.
We begin with a grown Anna reminiscing about her old days as a star player for the Catalina High School Lady Trojans, circa 1990-1993. She takes us through her story, beginning with her freshman year as a new recruit on the team (in both basketball and lesbianism), and continuing through her entire high school experience.
Using present-day interviews with herself and with a variety of friends and teammates, actual 1990s home video footage (these girls apparently brought their camcorder everywhere) and re-creations shot specifically for the documentary, Lady Trojans...
- 7/8/2009
- by danieller
- AfterEllen.com
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