Mark Transgender Day of Remembrance (Ages 15-17)
Transgender Day of Remembrance honours transgender lives lost to violence and discrimination. This playlist celebrates the beauty and talent of the Canadian trans community and their ongoing fight for equality. Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici. Films in This Playlist Include Do I Have Boobs Now? I am Skylar Paula Beauty My Prairie Home Into Light Unarchived Love is the First Sacred Lesson
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Transgender Day of Remembrance honours transgender lives lost to violence and discrimination. This playlist celebrates the beauty and talent of the Canadian trans community and their ongoing fight for equality.
Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici.
Films in This Playlist Include
Do I Have Boobs Now?
I am Skylar
Paula
Beauty
My Prairie Home
Into Light
Unarchived
Love is the First Sacred Lesson
Playlist
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My Prairie HomeChelsea McMullan 2013 1 h 16 minIn this feature documentary-musical by Chelsea McMullan, indie singer Rae Spoon takes us on a playful, meditative and at times melancholic journey. Set against majestic images of the infinite expanses of the Canadian Prairies, the film features Spoon crooning about their queer and musical coming of age. Interviews, performances and music sequences reveal Spoon’s inspiring process of building a life of their own, as a trans person and as a musician.
Official selection at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. -
I Am SkylarRachel Bower 2019 15 min
I Am Skylar is the emotionally compelling story of an articulate 14-year-old girl who is thoughtfully defining her future and the woman she is to become. Surrounded by a family and a community who show her unconditional love as she follows her personal path, Skylar faces the complexities of being a transgender girl on the cusp of puberty with refreshing honesty and unshakeable dignity.
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PaulaScott Munn 2019 9 min
Before her operation, Paula was the husband, father, son and neighbour known as Paul. Now, she’s the only transgender person her community has ever met.
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BeautyChristina Willings 2018 23 min
Christina Willings’ documentary Beauty explores the lives of five gender-creative kids, each uniquely engaged in shaping their ideas of what it means to be fully human.
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UnarchivedHayley Gray & Elad Tzadok 2022 1 h 24 min
In community archives across British Columbia, local knowledge keepers are fighting for a more inclusive history through family photos, newspaper articles and deeply rooted memories.
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Into LightSheona McDonald 2021 19 min
Sheona McDonald’s documentary captures a season of change as a mother and child navigate the complexities of gender identity together.
