Transgender Controversy at Tribeca Film Fest
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
By Douglas Q. Smith
http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/features/2010/apr/28/transgender-controversy-tribeca-film-fest/ (http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/features/2010/apr/28/transgender-controversy-tribeca-film-fest/)
The Tribeca Film Festival lists the film Ticked Off ->-bleeped-<-s With Knives as a "revenge fantasy flick that brews up a concoction of camp, slasher horror, and power-chick flick to create a radical new genre: Transploitation!"
The film's director Israel Luna stated he intended the film to be empowering, members of New York's transgender community, along with GLAAD, certainly don't think so. They asked the film festival to pull the film from its lineup. Listen to WNYC's Janaya Williams report on the debate.