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TV DOCUMENTARY, VPRO BACKLIGHT, 2019

Queertopia

You’ll no longer hear the announcement ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ while walking through a train station in The Netherlands. Instead, ‘Dear Passengers’ is used to address all travellers: men, women, boys, girls, and anyone who does not feel comfortable with traditional gender terms. Taking a cue from this everyday situation, this documentary considers the future of identity, sex and gender. Engaging with people who reject gender binaries and social expectations, these conversations collectively imagine a possible Queertopia.

With Janaya Khan (Canadian thinker and activist), Hanne Gaby (Flemish top model and intersex activist), Patricio Manuel (American boxer), Alok Vaid-Menon (artist and writer), Naomie Pieter (co-founder of Black Queer & Trans Resistance Netherlands), Annelies Tukker (international policy officer at the Dutch organization for sex diversity, NNID) and Jonah Lamers (sociologist and video producer).

Director
Nirit Peled
Research
Marijntje Denters & Tom Reijner
Chief Editors
Doke Romeijn, Marije Meerman
Producer
Sharon Yosef, VPRO Backlight