INTERSEXION

Every new parent asks: “Is it a boy or a girl?” But what happens when doctors cannot answer that question? One baby in 2,000 is born with genitalia so ambiguous that it is impossible to tell if the child is male or female. Their birth certificates – instead of showing “male” or “female” – are sometimes marked “I” for indeterminate. (Intersex children should not be confused with hermaphrodites.) Director Grant Lahood follows Mani Bruce Mitchell, New Zealand’s first “out” intersex person, as he/she travels to meet other intersex people living in America, Ireland, Germany, South Africa and Australia. A heart-warming story told with a mix of laughter and tears in the most frank and revealing way.