*Please note: All films are geo-locked for viewing within Alberta only.
FREE TO BE
Directed by: Ugenia Stokes | 2020 | 13 min | USA
Free to Be introduces us to four individuals within the LGBTQIA+ community pushing for social justice and racial equality, advocating for All Black Lives Matter and showcasing the cultural impact the Black LGBTQIA+ community has brought to the mainstream media.
GIRLSBOYSMIX
Directed by: Lara Aerts | 2020 | 6 min | Netherlands
Girlsboysmix is made from the perspective of an intersex child who is not interested in making a choice, only in being oneself. Being intersex in a binary world, Wen Long wonders, “Where do I belong?” and “Why is it so important to be a boy or a girl?”
IN THE IMAGE OF GOD
Directed by: Bianca Rondolino | 2020 | 15 min | Italy
The fourth-generation in his family to be born intersex, Jewish Rabbi Levi was assigned the female gender at birth and grew up thinking he was sick and defective. In the Image of God tells the story of his struggles and transitions in becoming a religious leader and an LGBTQIA+ activist, living happily in Los Angeles with his wife.
WE ARE NOT WHO THEY SAY WE ARE
Directed by: Manu Valcarce | 2020 | 19 min | UK
We Are Not Who They Say We Are tells the story of Arcoiris, a group of LGBTQIA+ human rights defenders in Honduras. In recent years, prejudice from the police and judiciary has made it one of the world's most dangerous countries to be an LGBTQIA+ human rights defender.
I’M WITH HARRISON
Directed by: John Fiege | 2020 | 4 min | USA
Harrison Guy became the first Black gay man named the Houston Pride Parade's Grand Marshal. I'm With Harrison tells the story of Harrison and the community-building skills he learned growing up in a small Black community outside Houston.