Red Without Blue
Brooke Sebold, Benita Sills, and Todd Sills/74min/USA/2007

Red Without Blue is an artistic and groundbreaking portrayal of gender, identity, and the unwavering bond of family despite transformation. An honest portrayal of a family in turmoil, this film follows a pair of identical twins as one transitions from male to female. Captured over a period of three years, the film documents the twins and their parents, examining the Farley's struggle to redefine their family.
           
Mark and Alex Farley were beyond close the first 14 years of their idyllic childhood. Born two minutes apart but separated for two and a half years after a joint suicide pact, the twins come back together as their parent’s marriage falls apart. The film follows Alex, now Clair, living in New York and considering gender reassignment surgery, and Mark, attending art school in San Francisco and spending time with his first serious boyfriend.

Interweaving three years of interviews, archival footage and experimental super-8 sequences in a style more narrative than traditional documentary, Red Without Blue is an intimate account of the twins’ struggle for individuality and a return to themselves.

Winner
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature - Slamdance Film Festival 2007
Audience Award for Best Documentary - Inside Out Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2007
Jury Award for Best Documentary - San Francisco LGBT Film Festival 2007
Jury Award for Best Documentary - Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2007

Preceded by:

Peking Turkey
Michael Mew/14min/Canada/2006
Bringing your boyfriend home can be a complicated affair, especially when cultures clash.

Mandarin/English/French with English subtitles