It Runs In The Family Analysis
The Reelout Film Festival brought an insightful, heartwarming, and interesting documentary to their audience with “It Runs in the Family” which was preceded by a short film by the same Filipino-Canadian filmmaker called “Standstill”. Standstill follows the filmmaker’s journey to bring together her gay brother and devout Catholic parents to discuss their conflicts for the first time. Meanwhile, “It Runs in the Family” which was created a couple years after “Standstill” follows the filmmakers and her brothers journey to seek out members of their family that also identify as a member of the LGBT community. To analyze the films one first needs to understand the concept of intersectionality. Intersectionality is a way to analyze and view how privileges
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However, those terms should be used to describe Jazz with caution because they are in English and do not fully represent their identity. The Filipino word ‘Bakla’ is a word to describe a third gender which can encompass a sexual orientation other than straight and or a gender identity other than a cisgender male or female. If one were to look at “An Introduction to Transgender Concepts and Terms” by Susan Stryker one would know that sexual orientation and gender identity are two separate things however Jazz groups them together in order to express how they identify using Filipino language. Growing up in the Philippines Jazz had access to the knowledge of Filipino culture and the history of the third gender. Today, Baklas are now predominantly disapproved on in society because of the lasting impact of colonization however Jazz’s family was not brought up believing that Baklas are bad because they lived in an area that was more accepting and practised old traditions along with new customs. All the layers of Jazz’s identity intersect to form who they and the layers determined how their family would react to their gender identity and sexual orientation. Because they grew up in the Philippines they did not have the same experiences related to race or geography and because they are not cisgender their experience coming out was again vastly different than their
However, those terms should be used to describe Jazz with caution because they are in English and do not fully represent their identity. The Filipino word ‘Bakla’ is a word to describe a third gender which can encompass a sexual orientation other than straight and or a gender identity other than a cisgender male or female. If one were to look at “An Introduction to Transgender Concepts and Terms” by Susan Stryker one would know that sexual orientation and gender identity are two separate things however Jazz groups them together in order to express how they identify using Filipino language. Growing up in the Philippines Jazz had access to the knowledge of Filipino culture and the history of the third gender. Today, Baklas are now predominantly disapproved on in society because of the lasting impact of colonization however Jazz’s family was not brought up believing that Baklas are bad because they lived in an area that was more accepting and practised old traditions along with new customs. All the layers of Jazz’s identity intersect to form who they and the layers determined how their family would react to their gender identity and sexual orientation. Because they grew up in the Philippines they did not have the same experiences related to race or geography and because they are not cisgender their experience coming out was again vastly different than their