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Title Orchids: My Intersex Adventure / Director: Hart, Phoebe
Published Australia : ABC, 2010
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Summary *Adult Themes and Coarse Language*In Orchids: My Intersex Adventure, 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. Despite her mother's outright refusal to be in the film, Phoebe decides she must push on with her quest to resolve her life story and connect with other intersex people on camera. With the help of her sister Bonnie and support from her husband James, she hits the open road and reflects on her youth.Phoebe's happy and carefree childhood came to an abrupt end at puberty when she was told she would never menstruate nor have children. But the reasons why were never discussed and the topic was taboo. When Phoebe turned 17, her mother felt she was old enough to understand the true nature of her body and the family secret was finally revealed. Phoebe then faced an orchidectomy, invasive surgery to remove her undescended testes, the emotional scars of which are still raw today.Phoebe's road trip around Australia exposes her to the stories of other intersex people and holds a mirror to her own experience. She learns valuable lessons in resilience and healing but also sees the pervasive impact her condition has on all her relationships.Will talking openly with her mother give Phoebe the answers she has been looking for?PRODUCTION DETAILS:Director/ Producer: Phoebe Hart; Camera: Phoebe Hart and Bonnie Hart. A Hartflicker Moving Pictures production; Financed by: Screen Queensland and Screen Australia; Produced in association with the ABC and triple j tv
Event Broadcast 2012-01-29 at 22:00:00
Notes Classification: M
Subject Human chromosome abnormalities.
Intersexuality -- Psychological aspects.
Intersex people.
Australia.
Form Streaming video
Author Hart, Phoebe, director
Bath, Matthew, cast
Bath, Thomas, cast
Bath, Tristram, cast
Beare-Bath, Rebecca, cast
Briffa, Tony, cast
Davidson, Fay, cast
Davidson, James, cast
Hart, Bonnie, cast
Hart, Dennis, cast
Hart, Marie, cast
Hart, Sophie, cast
Hider, Andie, cast
Manakahae, Aleyshia, cast
Sommers, Christopher, cast