She's a Boy I Knew

Overview

Using interviews, animation, old family footage, and voice mail, Vancouver filmmaker Gwen Haworth documents her gender transition partially through the voices of her anxious but loving family, best friend, and wife. Calling for a new era of DIY transgender self-representation, Haworth's feature debut is a comic, heartbreaking, and uplifting autobiography that breaks away from the marginalized depictions of trans people that populate mainstream media and focuses on the interpersonal relationships of a family who unexpectedly find their bonds strengthening as they overcome their preconceptions of gender and sexuality.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 4, 2007

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

Canada

Director

Gwen Haworth

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1095496