Festival of International Transgender Film
Emily Meghan Morrow Howe
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
This festival will show documentary and fiction movies which portray the lives of transgender people from a range of gender identities and expressions, including Bi-gender, Cross-Dressers, Drag-Kings, FTMs, Transvestite, Transsexuals and Intersex people in Africa, the Dominican Republic, India, Japan, in Norway, the UK, the US and Turkish immigrants in Germany. The festival aims to be a positive celebration of the diversity of gender globally and to offer insight into the lives of these special individuals. After the movie screenings there will be facilitated discussions.
Contact: Emily Meghan Morrow Howe, Women's Studies, 14E-316, x3-8844, emmh@mit.edu
Sponsor: Womens Studies
Films from Asia/Near East:
Emily Meghan Morrow Howe
Films from Asia/Near East:
"Daayraa"/"The Square Circle," Amol Palekar, India, 1996.
"Lola and Bilidikid," Kutlug Atman, Germany, 1998.
(189 min)
Wed Jan 8, 06-10:00pm, 35-225
Films from Africa/Latin America:
Emily Meghan Morrow Howe
Films from Africa/Latin America:
"Woubi, Cheri," Phillip Brooks and Laurent Bocahut, France, 1998.
"Guevote, I Am What I Feel To Be," Rolando Sanchez, Switzerland, 1996.
(129 min)
Mon Jan 13, 06-10:00pm, 35-225
Films from Europe
Emily Meghan Morrow Howe
Films from Europe:
"Different for Girls," Richard Spence, UK, 1997.
"All About My Father," Even Benestad, Norway, 2001.
(171 min)
Wed Jan 22, 06-10:00pm, 35-225
Films about FTM
Emily Meghan Morrow Howe
Films about FTM:
"You Don't Know Dick," Candace Schemerhorn and Bustor Cram, USA, 1997.
"Shinijuku Boys," Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams, UK, 1995.
(129 min)
Mon Jan 27, 06-09:00pm, 35-225
Latest update: 30-Oct-2002
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