Category Woman
| Category: Woman | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Phyllis Ellis |
| Written by | Phyllis Ellis |
| Produced by | Howard Fraiberg |
| Cinematography | Iris Ng |
| Edited by | Eugene Weis |
| Music by | Aaron Davis Tuku |
Production companies | Orama Filmworks Proximity Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Category: Woman is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Phyllis Ellis and released in 2022.[1] The film centres on the cases of Dutee Chand, Evangeline Makena, Annet Negesa and Margaret Wambui, four female athletes whose medical privacy and human rights were violated over the issue of sex verification in sports.[2] It also draws on, but does not centre, the related stories of Caster Semenya, Francine Niyonsaba and Christine Mboma.[3]
The film premiered at the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[4] before being broadcast on television by TVOntario in March 2023.[5]
Awards[edit]
Ellis won the Social Responsibility Award at the 2023 Canadian Sport Awards for the film,[6] and was shortlisted for the 2023 DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film.[7]
The film was a nominee for the Donald Brittain Award for best social or political television documentary at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Lauren Wissot, "“We All Have our Unique Biologies, a Variety of Differences”: Phyllis Ellis on her Hot Docs-Debuting Category: Woman". Filmmaker Magazine, May 6, 2022.
- ^ Elisabetta Bianchini, "'Category: Woman' documentary calls out the human rights violation of defining a woman in sports". Yahoo! News, May 9, 2022.
- ^ "New Canadian documentary explores Caster Semenya story in human-rights terms". Canadian Running, April 29, 2022.
- ^ Kerry Gillespie, "‘Category: Woman’ sheds fresh light on how female athletes are defined". Toronto Star, April 24, 2022.
- ^ "‘Deceptive and harmful’: Documentary highlights impact of sex testing". The Aquinian, March 30, 2023.
- ^ "Phyllis Ellis, ex-field hockey player, cyclist Mike Woods receive Canadian Sport Awards". CBC Sports, September 9, 2023.
- ^ Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Women Talking leads film nominees for 2023 DGC Awards". Playback, September 20, 2023.
- ^ Pat Mullen, "Canadian Screen Award Nominees in Documentary and Factual Categories". Point of View, March 6, 2024.
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