'TOTWK': Exploitive or empowering?
By Tammye Nash | Senior Editor
Jun 17, 2010 - 4:10:24 PM
http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_13041.php8 North Texas trans women tell how they feel about Israel Luna's controversial film, and why
But at the same time, he has said, there is a serious message at its heart, a message about the epidemic of violence and hate that is claiming the lives of transgender women and men.
Luna has said he hopes that while people might walk into the theater to be entertained by a dark comedy, they will walk out with a better understanding of the potential violence trans women face every day. He has said he hopes that the movie will focus public attention on that violence, and in doing so, help bring an end to it.
But for many in the trans community, Luna's movie is part of the problem instead of part of the solution.
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Updated with video: Ticked-Off ->-bleeped-<-s with Knives: Exploitative or empowering?
by Tammye Nash of Dallas Voice
http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2010/jun/18/ticked-->-bleeped-<-s-knives-exploitative-or-empowering/Eight North Texas trans women tell how they feel about Israel Luna's controversial film, and why.
Dallas filmmaker Israel Luna's latest effort, Ticked-Off ->-bleeped-<-s With Knives, has made headlines and stirred controversy across the country, from the Tribeca Film Festival in New York in May, to the Seattle International Film Festival last weekend, with a stop in between at Fort Worth's Q Cinema Film Festival earlier this month.
