Like other documentaries in this genre, the film is really about the mother and has the added dimension of providing a justification for mixed sexed sports. The mother is on a roller derby team (which appears to be mainly men) and she tells us she was drawn to the sport because it was inclusive of queer and transgender people. Roller derby is a full contact sport which appears to be 90 percent tackling, it has no governing body, and the rules of the game aren’t clear cut. I hesitate to denounce it as not a real sport, given my all-round ignorance on such things, but let’s just point out there’s no ball, and leave it at that.
Category: Film
Review of film ‘cowboys’ (C15) – about a trans-identified girl
Contains spoilers. This debut feature shows a rare understanding of the complexities and challenges of modern family life, when a father and his transgender son
Documentary about gender identity activists in the basque country
The most worrying thing for me is that it is totally unbelievable that no more footage of Ekai speaking for herself was available …
Review of intersex issue film ‘being impossible’
Technically the film has real flare but it lacked any human warmth or humour as per usual for creative work inspired solely by queer theory.
REVIEW OF ‘FABIANA’ – DOCUMENTARY ABOUT BRAZILIAN TRUCK DRIVER
Fabiana, a trans woman, lives as a nomadic truck driver all over Brazil for more than thirty years. Now she is approaching retirement and should
Review of documentary ‘cracks in the patriarchy’
Link to trailer. The most imaginative thing about this documentary, is the title itself – Cracks in the Patriarchy. The film comprises seven LGBTQI+ talking
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