She's a Boy I Knew - Official Trailer

Gwen Haworth documents her male-to-female gender transition through the voices of her parents, sisters, best friend and wife. The film explores the relationships of a family who unexpectedly find their bonds strengthening as they overcome their preconceptions of gender and sexuality.

Available on DVD in the USA & internationally at:
www.outcast-films.com
http://www.outcast-films.com/films/sabik/index.html

Canadian educational sales at:
www.movingimages.ca
http://www.movingimages.ca/catalogue/Individual/shesaboyiknew.html

All other Canadian inquiries:
http://www.artflick.com/

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• transgender
• documentary
• MTF
• M2F
• queer
• lgbt
• family
• transsexual
• gender
• lesbian
• sexuality
• DIY
• comedy

[minuka]

I saw this at the college in kelowna last year.. so good. This is a really beautiful trailer... My sibling, transitioned from female-male so I can relate... Also Gwen we share the same birthdays! December 9th :) all the best xoxo

[MarloB59]

Filmmaking in the highest order-Brava!

Marlo Bernier

Jackie Frost Films

Los Angeles

[wwwartflickcom]

@sknywhtboy88 Not at all! Thanks for commenting. I totally agree with you about the oversimplified stereotypes of women, and all folk for that matter. These animated stereotypes come earlier in the film and are intentionally being illustrated (literally) as cartoon caricatures. I hope the stereotypes are sufficiently unpacked as the film unfolds. It was my intention & hope.

You’re also right that all of this is not fully explored within the context of the trailer.

Warmest, ~g

[sknywhtboy88]

@sknywhtboy88 In that way I read it as saying that all straight women are femme and girly, and lesbians are the total opposite. By the way I wasn't aware that this was your actual account, so It's a bit weird that I referred tou you indirectly in my original comment, sorry. And thank you for responding so calmly :) most people on youtube would start a flame war.

[sknywhtboy88]

@wwwartflickcom I can understand all of that, I'm just looking at it from the perspective of someone who just stumbled upon this trailer. To me, the cartoon is illustrating a man turning into a femme woman turning into a kind of butch woman. The fact that it is narrated by your wife saying you aren't a hetero woman but a lesbian can be taken to just be a cartoon of caricatures of women in general,not just you. I'll finish in another comment..

[wwwartflickcom]

@wwwartflickcom

Perhaps the playfulness of the sequence will be more understandable in the context of the whole film. For a temporary time, the film is viewable in it’s entirety on youtube. I’d love it if you checked it out.

Warmest wishes,

Gwen

[wwwartflickcom]

@wwwartflickcom

It’s also a tongue & cheek comment on the whole commonly oversimplified phrase “I’m a woman trapped in a man’s body” (or vice versa) which many folk in the trans, gender-variant & gender queer communities have heard time & time again to describe what is going on for us when it’s no doubt much more complex for everyone, as all people have multi-faceted identities.

[wwwartflickcom]

@wwwartflickcom

Personally, I think all three images of me are pretty darn cute, and are a playful commentary on how society ‘reads’ and often conflates physical sex, gender identity, gender expression & sexual orientation.

[wwwartflickcom]

@wwwartflickcom

The three images (including the masculine male-bodied image) are based on pictures of me expressing my ever-fluid gender expression as animated by my ex-wife’s husband, a dear friend of mine. Over the last decade, I’ve become quite comfortable expressing various aspects of identity, including my co-existing feminine & masculine traits, and with this comfort comes an ability to be playful, happily not taking myself too hyper-seriously.

[wwwartflickcom]

@sknywhtboy88

Hi there! I’d love to hear more about why you feel this is the case.

The following message will come in segments because apparently my character count is too high.

[sknywhtboy88]

wow, nothing against the girls own personal journey and whatnot, but that cartoon of the lesbian unzipping out of the straight woman was incredibly offensive to femme lesbians and butch straight women everywhere.

[markreilly52]

Thank you for making this film and for introducing us to your family and friends. And thank you to them for sharing so much of their lives, and the way they responded over time to your honesty, and with such courage. Life is complex, but people have an infinite capacity to love and to overcome. You are all stars. The film is thoughtful and articulate, and something for all grown ups to come to terms with.