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TUESDAY NOVEMBER
18 at 7PM
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 She’s
A Boy I Knew
(Gwen
Haworth, Canada, 2007, 70 min)
This auto-ethnographybegins in 2000 with Steven Haworth's decision to come
out to his family about his life-long female gender identity. It is not
only an exploration into the filmmaker's process of transition from biological
male to female, from Steven to Gwen, but also an emotionally charged account
of the individual experiences, struggles, and stakes that her two sisters, mother,
father, best friend and wife brought to Gwen's transition. Under Haworth's sensitive
eye, each stepping stone in the process of transitioning becomes an opportunity
to explore her community's and our own underlying assumptions about gender and
sexuality. In these tender and difficult moments, we are forced to
question our own assumptions about the role that names, clothing, and anatomy
play in our constructions of gender identity. 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 present within those
relationships can remain just as powerful and sometimes even more so. Audience
Award for Best Documentary at Inside Out Toronto, Fairy Tales Calgary and Connecticut
Gay and Lesbian Film Festivals, Best of Fest at ReelOut9 Queer Film & Video
Festival and Audience Choice Award at Image+nation Montreal International LGBT
Film Festival
Official
website | Watch
trailer
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Preceded by Waiting For Yvette
(Justin
Ross, USA, 2007, 13 min)
 Wendie Malick (Just
Shoot Me) stars as the pre-op transsexual,
attending her final session of the ‘Gay
Men’s Stag Tuesday Night A.A. Meeting’ prior
to her operation, and who just might be
having second and third thoughts about
parting with her… parts. Waiting
for Yvette is a heartfelt comedy about
friendship, denial and finding the deeper
truth of ourselves beyond the one we tell.
Following the screening
there will be a reception in
the Sky Cafe sponsored by Transgender
Day of Remembrance, free to all
ticket holders.
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TUESDAY NOVEMBER
18 at 9:30PM
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Eleven Minutes
(Michael
Selditch & Rob Tate, USA, 2008, 103
min)
 It's been two long years since the sharp-witted Jay McCarroll was
dubbed "the next great American designer" on season one of reality
TV's Project Runway, and he's anxious to finally show his first line of clothing.
The feature documentary, "Eleven Minutes," chronicles his yearlong
journey preparing his first independent runway show for New York's Fashion Week
in Bryant Park and the subsequent selling of his line to stores. The result is
an in-depth, painfully raw and humorous exploration of the creative process and
the constant conflict of balancing commerce with art, fame with talent, and reality-TV
with actual reality.
Official
website / Watch
trailer
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Tickets can also be purchased at the box
office during theater hours or by calling
Brown Paper Tickets toll free at 1-800-838-3006.
No refunds.
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