Donna
Synopsis
Donna is offered a chance to co-write a play about an overlooked episode in queer history, the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot, in which transgender women Donna knew stood up against police harrassment. She writes a character to be played by a young transgender activist. Praised for her writing and emboldened by her new friends, she heads out of the city to meet her sister Gloria…
This intimate and uplifting film is beautifully observed by director Jay Bedwani and features mesmerising moments recalled by Donna in her emerging writer’s voice. Donna is a film that shows the strength that can be drawn from your community and proves: it’s never too late to find your métier and truly blossom.
Details
- Year
- 2020
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 75 min
- Format
- HD
- Director
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Jay Bedwani 1st Feature
- Producer
- Dewi Gregory
- Co-Producer
- Jean-Laurent Csinidis
- Executive Producer
- Andee Ryder, Ian Bonhôte, Kimberley Warner
- Editor
- Alice Powell, Anne de Mo
- Director of Photography
- Jay Bedwani
- Composer
- Antoine Bédard
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
UK, France co-production
Truth Department (UK), Films de Force Majeur (FR)
Truth Department
T'r FarchnadHeol y Farchnad
Caerdydd
Cymru
UK
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