Against a Single Story: Diverse Trans* Narratives in Autobiographical Documentary Film. (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rondot, Sarah Ray
• Is Part Of: Auto/biography studies. Volume 34:Number 1(2019)
• Page Start: 89
• Page End: 110
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: Autobiography -- Periodicals; Autobiography; Periodicals; 920.005
• DOI: 10.1080/08989575.2019.1542826
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0898-9575

Abstract

Abstract: In opposition to the sensational, simplified, and pathological gender ideologies in twentieth and early twenty-first century documentary film, Jules Rosskam's Against a Trans Narrative [Rosskam, Jules., dir. Against a Trans Narrative . 2008; Chicago, IL: MamSir Productions. DVD.] and Gwen Tara Haworth's She's a Boy I Knew [Haworth, Gwen Tara, dir. She's a Boy I Knew. 2008; Durham, England: Shapeshifter Films. DVD.] expand representational horizons for autobiographical trans* narratives films. Rather than risking their stories' re-appropriation by cisgender directors and editors, trans* documentarians are increasingly telling their own gender stories.