Black and White, directed by Kirsty MacDonald

Black and White shines a sensitive light on a subject that is too often either shunned or sensationalized: the experiences of intersex people. This beautiful and stylish film artfully explores the potent creative collaboration between Mani Bruce Mitchell and acclaimed photographer Rebecca Swan. Portrayed through this lens, Mitchell’s story introduces viewers to notions of fluid gender identity, challenging the rigid categories of “male” and “female”.
(17 minutes)

 Boy I Am, directed by Samantha Felder and Julie Hollar

It is only in recent years that transgendered people and their issues have gained significant visibility within the larger lesbian and gay community. But visibility has not translated into instant acceptance or understanding from everyone. For some within the lesbian community, the act of FTM transitioning is viewed at best as a naïve social trend, or, at worst, an anti-feminist rejection of butchness and female power in favor of male privilege. Samantha Felder and Julie Hollar’s timely and balanced documentary uses the engaging stories of three NYC-based FTMs, as well as interviews with a number of activists and scholars, to explore this controversy and get to its historical and cultural roots.
(80 minutes)