Girlsboysmix
2020 Films List
6H 42MIN
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A nine years old intersex child wonders: where do I belong?
Why is it so important to be a boy or a girl? Wen Long naturally and candidly explains that she was born intersex. The adopted nine-year-old wears both boys’ and girls’ clothes and plays with toys intended for both genders. The only problem is that others don’t know what to think of this. People say: ‘If you are boy and girl at the same time, you are basically nothing’. Wen Long isn’t interested in making a choice, but mainly just wants to be herself.
This insightful, playful documentary reveals how preposterous the imposed binary gender divide really is. Clothing, toys, toilets – everything is strictly separated. The societal taboo on intersex causes problems. A typical example is the fact that Wen Long’s teacher considers the subject unsuitable for children, even though it is an entirely natural phenomenon that also occurs in the animal kingdom. So why is it weird in humans? Credits
Directed by Lara Aerts
Written by Lara Aerts
Production Company Prospektor
Produced by Eefje Blankevoort
Laura Verduijn