The Mathis are a remarkable family whose courage and determination rarely faltered when they supported their youngest child Coy who started transitioning from male to female in kindergarten after it was clear that Coy felt he was a girl. Growing Up Coy documents the family’s fight for her right to use the girls’ bathroom in a landmark civil rights case that prompted a nationwide debate.
On the eve of the movie being released for global streaming to over 190 countries on Netflix (it is already available on Itunes) director Eric Juhola talked to queerguru at PTV via Facetime about just how important Coy Mathis’s touching story really is.
Filmmaker Eric Juhola talked to Queerguru about why he has mounted a campaign to screen his movie GROWING UP COY free, and accompanied by a panel discussion to States who are trying to introduce transphobic legislation. Next stop is Massachusetts
The interview with Roger Walker-Dack was filmed by Hussein Wentz at Lands End Inn during the Provincetown Film Festival
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There have been several documentaries on the transgender community over recent years but none have strived to explain the whole gender spectrum as well as George Zuber‘s Just Gender. He sat down with queerguru to talk about why he wanted to make this important film.
Australian/Macedonian queer filmmaker Goran Stolevski ‘s sophomore movie OF AN AGE is being hailed as an ‘achingly beautiful coming out/coming of age story that compares with Francis Lee’s God’s Own Country and will become a queer classic ” This heart-string-pulling tale initially takes place over 24 hours in a beach town in Australia in 1999 and which makes for a life-changing experience for Kol and Adam. Ten years later when they meet again we discover if this was more than just a passing moment.
Jason Benjamin the director of Suited one of THE best docs of 2016 which told the story of Bindle & Keep tailors who specialize in custom made clothing for genderqueer people and the trans community, talked to queerguru about the movie and more. He was at #PIFF2017 as the guest speaker at the Evan Lawson Filmmakers Brunch to discuss a new project with Veterans Filmmaking Academy and their short film Returning.
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