Thursday Film Series
The Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference is happy to present films during Thursday's Providers Day (June 11, 2009) to expand. The film series will feature the films listed below. Admission to the film series is free to all Providers Day participants.
In addition, there will be a Friday Night Film Fiesta with additional features as a part of Community Days.
Please register today to reserve your program book. After April 30, 2009, program books are not guaranteed.
Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen (2008)
Kortney Ryan Ziegler, Director; Awilda Rodriguez Lora, Producer (78 minute runtime). An alternative feature-length documentary that explores the lives of six black transgender men living in the United States. Through the intimate stories of their lives as artists, students, husbands, fathers, lawyers, and teachers, the film offers viewers a complex and multifaceted image of race, sexuality and trans identity.
against a trans narrative (2008)
Directed by Jules Rosskam (61 minute runtime) “against a trans narrative” functions as a dialog – between friends, cultures, and generations – addressing issues of representation, identity-formation, and the various forces that act together to build (and dismantle) communities. Specifically, the film analyzes the construction of the dominant trans-masculine “narrative” and how this influences and potentially hinders people’s conceptions of themselves. What forms of regulation, self or otherwise, must we partake in to be part of a community, and at what cost? The goal of this video is to instigate conversations amongst feminists, queers, transfolks, and anyone else invested in radically shifting the ways in which we construct personal and historical narratives. “against a trans narrative” is striking in its endeavor to speak to the same communities it represents, but through its integrity, can resonate with anyone who has ever struggled to reconcile their identity with the communities they come from or belong to.
ABC 20/20 Special – My Second Self (2007)
This award-winning, Barbara Walters ABC Special brings you inside the homes of three transgender youth, two of which are still children. This special originally aired in 2007. After the film, participants will be available to answer questions and provide further explanations.
TRANSforming Healthcare (2008)
Directed and Produced by Derek Brockett, Ann McNair, Ethan Suniewick (18 minute runtime). This short documentary describes the discrimination many transgender people face in healthcare settings and offers advice for providers towards improving their transgender cultural competency. This video screened at Frameline’s 2008 San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival and has been used as a training tool for physicians nationwide.
Call Me Malcolm (2005)
Joseph Parlagreco, Director; Mike Schunemeyer, Executive Producer (90 minute runtime). A 25-year old transgender seminary student struggles with faith, love, and gender identity. Executive Producer, Mike Schunemeyer, will be with us to answer questions after the film.
