She's a Boy I Knew is a Canadian documentary film by Gwen Haworth, released in 2007.[1] The film documents Haworth's process of coming out as transgender and undergoing gender transition, using a combination of interviews, home video footage, short animation clips and interviews with her friends and family about its impact on them.

She's a Boy I Knew
Directed byGwen Haworth
Written byGwen Haworth
Produced byGwen Haworth
StarringGwen Haworth
Music byDaniel Moxon
Production
company
Shapeshifter Films
Distributed byIndieflix
Release date
  • 2007 (2007)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2007.[1] It won the People's Choice Award for Most Popular Canadian Film,[2] and Haworth won the Women in Film and Television Vancouver Artistic Merit Award.[3] At the 2008 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary.

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References

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  1. ^ a b "From Steve to Gwen, through eyes of others; Filmmaker uses low-tech filming style, interviews with relatives to create intimate self- portrait of his transformation". Vancouver Sun, October 4, 2007.
  2. ^ "VIFF award to personal film on gender transition". The Globe and Mail, October 15, 2007.
  3. ^ "Filmfest back to Normal; Drama wins best Western Canadian feature". The Province, October 15, 2007.
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