Dance of Identity
Synopsis
The film recounts the extraordinary story of a Yorkshire based businesswoman/amateur ballet dancer and her family as she battles to complete her transition while her rights to live in her new gender are increasingly called into question.
It is a story of love and hope as Sophie and partner Sandi celebrate their achievements, overcome bureaucratic hurdles, have their fairytale wedding, and conceive a child. It’s a story of resilience as the family learns to deal with an outpouring of social media hatred. We share Sophie’s triumph as she gets the surgery that she’s waited years for and her alarm at a rise in transphobic hate crimes and a rollback of rights she thought were hers.
Details
- Year
- 2026
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 87 min
- Format
- HD
- Director
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Alison Rooper 1st Feature
- Producer
- Sandra Leeming, Alison Rooper
- Executive Producer
- Christopher Hird, Sukey Venables Fisher
- Editor
- Bonnie Rae Brickman
- Director of Photography
- Hatti Beanland
- Sound
- Hatti Beanland
- Researchers
- Martha Bailey, Leanne Hayman,
- Archive Research
- Thalia Kent-Egan, Lyra Dean
- Additional Camera
- Kate Harvest, Esteban Uyarra, James Dawson, Abigail Timmins, Ben Browne, Jenni Suitiala
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
In Focus Productions
Alison Rooper21-23 Tileyard Road
London
N7 9AH
Sandslate Films Ltd
Sandra Leeming2/2 6 Niddrie Square
Glasgow
G42 8QE
Sales Company
Dartmouth Films
Christopher HirdSomerset House
Strand
London
WC2R 1LA
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