Orchids My Intersex Adventure
Winner best direction in a documentary stand alone at the 2012 australian directors guild awards.
Orchids my intersex adventure. With phoebe hart bonnie hart james davidson dennis hart. 26 october is intersex awareness day an internationally observed day designed to highlight human rights issues faced by intersex people and share intersex histories. Not because it is diseased or. Documentary filmmaker phoebe hart comes clean on a journey of self discovery around her hidden intersex condition.
This is my story. Orchids my intersex adventure is an auto biographical 2010 documentary about one womans struggle to understand her own intersex condition while interviewing other intersex people. My intersex adventure is a multi award winning autobiographical documentary film. I hope my narrative will engage and move audiences.
My intersex adventure. My intersex adventure in november the long awaited autobiographical documentary film by aissg australia committee member phoebe hart premiered at the brisbane international film festival on saturday 6 november to a packed house. My intersex adventure presents the struggles and triumphs of other. A year in the making the collaborative event also led to the issuing of the darlington statement outlining key priorities including legal reform to recognise our bodily.
Its a story of how my body became a site of pain confusion and secrecy for me and for my family. Despite her mothers outright refusal. Directed by phoebe hart. My intersex adventure is a portrait of survival and courage revising societal and historical perspectives of intersex by creating understandings of difference which originate from a highly subjective space.
In the documentary filmmaker phoebe hart comes clean on her journey of. My intersex adventure cast phoebe and bonnie joined intersex human rights advocates from australian and aotearoanew zealand intersex organisations at a two day retreat in darlington sydney on 2 3 march. Documentary filmmaker phoebe hart comes clean on her journey of self discovery to embrace her future and reconcile the past shame and family secrecy surrounding her intersex condition. Winner best documentary general at atom awards and 1 film at brisbane international film festival 2010 as voted by audiences.
The film centres on phoebes story of having an intersex condition ais and how it. 1 hr 1 min. My intersex adventure 2010 available to view through the unsw library. Wild ride for orchids.