RTF MFA Student Film, Dir. Ajae Clearway, 2006
Synopsis:
“One in 2000” explores the lives of intersex people, the one in two thousand individuals born with sex anatomy that does not fit into the standard “male” or “female” categories. Interweaving current stories with 1950′s educational films, the experiences of intersex people are demystified. TRT = 26 min.
2006 screenings:
Berkeley Video and Film Festival
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
Mill Valley Film Festival
AGLIFF
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2007 screenings:
SXSW Austin Film Society Filmmaker Showcase
QueerDOC-Sydney, Australia
Frameline31
Film Art Music (FAM), Austin, TX
Out Takes New Zealand
Feast Festival-Adelaide, Australia
Queer Texas Conference
Pacific Graduate School of Psychology-Palo Alto, CA
Oregon Queer Youth Conference-Portland, OR
Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center-Portland, OR
The Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College
Conference-Minneapolis, MN
Hollywood Theater Big Brothers/Big Sisters sponsored benefit
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex Health
Summit-Philadelphia, PA
Seattle Lesbian Gay Film Festival
Girlfest, Hawaii
Israel LGBT International Film Festival
Mix Brasil
Out! Hampton Roads Film Festival
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2008 screenings:
Big Muddy Film Festival
Agnes Scott College
Spelman College
Charis Books, Atlanta, GA
Emory University
Austin Community College
Awards:
CINE Golden Eagle Award 2008
Bronze Plaque – 55th Columbus International Film & Video Festival, 2007
Silver National Health Information Award, 2007
Platinum Remi Award – Worldfest Houston International Film & Video
Festival, 2007
Director’s Citation – Black Maria Film & Video Festival, 2007
Best Documentary – UFVA University Film and Video Association’s
Nextframe Traveling International Film Festival, 2006
Programmer’s Choice – Cinematexas, 2006
Honorable Mention – Berkeley Video and Film Festival, 2006
Funding Exchange/The Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media -
Distribution grant, 2006
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Director bio:
Ajae Clearway has worked on an array of studio features and highly regarded independent films for the past 12 years, including Analyze That (Harold Ramis), Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair), Girlfight (Karen Kusama), The Company (Robert Altman), Before Sunset and A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater). Clearway is currently pursuing her MFA in Directing in the Radio-Television-Film Department at the University of Texas, Austin.
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