CATEGORY WOMAN
(76 min) Canada

FRIDAY 10/20, 5:20 PM (SESSION 2)


Director: Phyllis Ellis

Description:

When international sport governing bodies rule that 'identified' female athletes must medically alter their healthy bodies, under the guise of fair play, four champion runners from the Global South, fight back against racism, the policing of women's bodies in sport and the violation of their human rights.

Biography:

Phyllis Ellis is a Canadian writer, actor, director, and producer. Ellis played for the Canadian field hockey team in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Ellis has been employed in television and movies for over twenty years writing, acting, directing, and producing. Her credits as a director include documentaries: About Her, Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven, Girl's Night Out, Toxic Beauty, It Was You Charlie, The Wilkinsons, Three Chords from the Truth, Call Me Fitz, The Listener, Murdoch Mysteries and Lost Girl.

Contact Information:

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