Film: No Box For Me. An Intersex Story |
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M and Deborah, like an estimated 1.7 per cent of people, were born intersex - with gender characteristics that differ from the binary notions of male or female, often referred to as hermaphrodite. Sometimes these deviant characteristics are not yet apparent at birth, and other variants only become visible during puberty. Like many others, M and Deborah were forced to undergo unnecessary medical operations as children to "normalise" their bodies - before they could understand what was going on. The film reflects on the way intersex people try to re-appropriate their bodies and construct their identities. |
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Director: Floriane Devigne France 2018 Original Language: French 58 Min. |
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Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ0mW1OQaK4 Full film (fee required): https://vimeo.com/ondemand/noboxforme |
Theatre Play: Der goldene Schnitt |
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Ibrahim and Judith are preparing the big celebration for their son’s circumcision: Relatives, friends and colleagues are invited and gather for the day when the boy becomes a man. At the party in the studio of the theatre, everything is garish and colourful, the music is playing - far too loud. But the more the party drifts towards its climax, the greater the concerns become - to cut or not to cut? "The Golden Section" leads exemplarily into the middle of a conflict between different cultures, traditions and religions. For Schauspiel Dortmund, Tuğsal Moğul - author, director, actor and consultant anaesthetist - has created an evening of theatre about the most controversial piece of (male) skin. Moğul, whose play “Die deutsche Ayşe” won the audience award in Dortmund during the NRW-Theatertreffen 2014, directed the play for the first time at Schauspiel Dortmund. |
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Director: Tuğsal Moğul World Premiere: 16. April 2016, Theater Dortmund (Studio) Original Language: German 90 Min. |
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Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sgQo38IT14 Article: https://hpd.de/artikel/goldene-schnitt-13022 |
Film: In Search |
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A Journey to Womanhood ... Beryl thought as a young girl growing up in a rural village in Kenya that all women in the world are "circumcised" by having to endure "Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting" (FGM/C). Therefore, she also endured this initiation ritual - she knew nothing about the consequences of FGM/C. Many years later, she learns that there is a new surgical method that promises to give back what was lost back then. In her autobiographical documentary "In Search..." she explores the emotional dilemma by talking to other women who have had similar experiences. Beryl is trying to figure out if she should undergo this surgery - a second journey into the unknown. "Will I make a terrible mistake again?", or "Am I ready to face my trauma?" are the questions that guide this authentic and emotional search into the very core of a young woman. |
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Directors: Beryl Magoko, Jule Katinka Kramer Germany 2018 Original Languages: English, German, Swahili, Kikuria 90 Min. |
| Information: https://insearch.magoko.net/ |