Intersexion

"The first question any new parent asks… “Is it a boy or a girl?”"

Apr 1 2012 PG-13 1h 8m
Biography, Documentary

Director Grant Lahood follows Mani Bruce Mitchell, NZ’s first “out” intersex person, as he/she travels to meet other intersex people living in America, Ireland, Germany, South Africa and Australia. Expatriate Kiwi sexologist Dr John Money of the world renowned Johns Hopkins Medical School believed that gender was the product of “nurture not nature.” His studies into intersex people led to a particular surgical treatment model for babies born with ambiguous genitalia – the idea being that doctors could produce healthy and happy men and women by intervening early in an intersex child’s life. Usually that meant a family secret that had to be kept at all costs. But as the film shows, human sexual development is never that straight forward. This is a heart-warming story told with a mix of laughter and tears in the most frank and revealing way.

Plot

When a baby is born, the first question we ask. Is it a boy or a girl? What if it's neither?

Written by

Grant Lahood

Directed by

Grant Lahood

Cast

Mani Mitchell

Crew

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Awards

2 wins

Scores
# of Votes
184
Average Rating
7.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA