GENDER TROUBLE
Original language title: [same]

Country of production: UK
Year: 2002
Language: English
24 mins.

More than one in every 2000 people is born with some sort of intersex condition, which makes them neither male nor female but somewhere in between. In this provocative and deftly constructed film, four woman-identified intersex people tell their stories with elegance and candor. Set against beautiful backgrounds of transforming photographs and gardens, Melissa, Mary, Barba, and Sara speak openly about hermaphrodism, surgery, gender, and identity. This film questions how medicine and society have treated the intersexed, and breaks the codes of silence and secrecy that have surrounded their lives.

Director: Roz Mortimer
Cinematography: Petra Graf, Lynda Hall, Kathryn Faulkner
Music: Max Richter
Editing: Chris Roots
Sound: Caroline Frostick
Producer: Roz Mortimer
Production Company: Wonderdog Productions
Source:
Seventh Art Releasing
7551 Sunset Blvd. #104
Los Angeles, CA 90046, USA
matt@7thart.com

Roz Mortimer lives and works in London. She initially worked as a textile artist and sculptor before beginning to make films in 1995. She was a senior lecturer in film and video at the London Institute until leaving to set up Wonderdog Productions in 2001. Previous films she has directed include BLOODSPORTS FOR GIRLS (1995), WORMCHARMER (1998), NEVERLAND (2000), and DOG OF MY DREAMS (2001).

Sunday, March 23
9pm
Facets Cinematheque
Screening with STORM IN A C-CUP