Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

She’s A Boy I Knew

Gwen HAWORTH 2007 Canada Documentary color 70min English DCP
Using archival footage, interviews, phone messages and animation, Canadian film director and transgender lesbian Gwen Haworth documents her male-to-female gender change. The film is less concerned with the medical procedures than with its unexpected effect on her relationship with her family, best friend and wife.

Director

Gwen HAWORTH

Born and raised in Vancouver, Gwen HAWORTH is a transgender filmmaker, editor and instructor. She has served as a programmer and board member for Vancouver's Out on Screen film and video festival. Her previous work includes anti-war short Not Kokura(1996) and mockumentary Road Movie(1997).

Gwen HAWORTH

Producer/ Gwen HAWORTH

Director/ Gwen HAWORTH

Cinematographer/ Gwen HAWORTH

Editor/ Gwen HAWORTH

Sound/ Gwen HAWORTH

Music Daniel E.MOXON

Shapeshifter Films

gwenhaworth@gmail.com