Its been an incredible 3 years to have this reach on a worldwide platform and we are so grateful for everyone who has written in around the world to share their own stories with us. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email. This years human rights watch festival pushes documentary to its limits. Growing up coy we are thrilled for netflix to release. It just follows a family that has a boy who feels like he is a girl, which happens. The producers of growing up online discuss the making of this report and. How far would you go to fight for your childs equal rights.
The main struggle in this film is that the school is not allowing coy to keep on using the girls restroom which in my opinion. This is a real opportunity for people across the us and the world to watch this film at a time when so many bathroom bills and policies are being considered by lawmakers and school administrators who may have very little firsthand knowledge of the transgender experience. The 25 best coming of age movies of the last 25 years. How far would you go to fight for your childs rights. Graduation is many milestones bundled into a single right of passage, and while you may. The screenplay was the first collaboration between hou hsiaohsien and chu tienwen. He recently completed his first feature film, the devout, which premiered at the busan international film festivalone of asias premiere film festivals. Growing up coy is a featurelength documentary that centers around a young colorado family who engages in a highly publicized legal battle and landmark civil rights case, as they fight for their 6yearold transgender daughter coy mathiss right to use the girls bathroom at her elementary school. Growing up coy filmmakers discuss trans rights, visibility. Schools out for summer possibly forever, if you were in the class of 2016. Mathis family danette kalb growing up coy made its world premiere at the human rights watch film festival in new york city earlier this year and will be available on netflix on january 6. Growing up coy dvd austin public library bibliocommons.
We are thrilled for netflix to release growing up coy into 190 countries on january 6th. Find out where growing up coy is streaming, if growing up coy is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. We wanted the film to represent exactly what we saw over the course of many. Looking the movie, and 14 other mustsee flicks on the summer film festival curcuit by editors june 16, 2016 at 10. Growing up coy is a 2016 documentary directed by eric juhola and produced by still point pictures. The main struggle in this film is that the school is not allowing coy to keep on using the girls restroom which in my opinion is not enough to make an interesting documentary. Growing up coy follows a landmark transgender rights case in colorado where a.
As growing up coy was completed in 2016, at least 16 states were introducing antitransgender rights legislation, so although the colorado ruling supported trans rights, many other parents and trans children still face such challenges across the country. This years human rights watch festival pushes documentary. The film asks a universal question that any parent could face. In particular it deals with the fight of a family for their daughter that isnt denied access to the girls restroom at her school after complaints from other parents. Growing up coy 2016 cast and crew parents hire a lawyer to pursue a civil rights case of discrimination when the school bans their 6yearold transgender daughter from using the girls bathroom. In colorado, coys parents hire a lawyer to pursue a landmark civil rights case of discrimination, and the family is thrust into the international media spotlight, causing their lives to change forever. The harm is done when a child like this is ignored and has a gender role imposed on them that they. Growing up coy touches the important issue of transgender rights with a special focus on the governmental and public aspect. Growing up coy is a featurelength documentary about a young colorado family who engages in a highly publicized legal battle and landmark civil rights case, as they fight for their 6year. Growing up coy follows a landmark transgender rights case in colorado where a sixyearold transgender girl named coy has been banned from the girls bathroom at her school. Bombay berlin film productions recommended for you 2. Directed by eric juhola, the film will be released on january 6 via the streaming service.
Coys parents hire a lawyer to pursue a civil rights case of discrimination, and the family is thrust into the international media spotlight, causing their lives to. Because of this, it is helpful, though not necessary, if you have seen the movies, to enjoy the book. Growing up is a filipino teen drama anthology series aired on abscbn from september 4, 2011 to february 12, 2012 replacing good vibes. Please click the link below to receive your verification email. Passionate about journalism, clare has written both for her student paper, the boar, and completed academic research. It lends to oskoueis extraordinary film an uncommon ring of truth. This is growing up coy trailer by outcast films on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. In 1939, the year i was born, gasoline was ten cents per gallon. Growing up coy world premieres at the human rights watch film festival in new york on 16 june. The work of both director juhola and the mathises serves to raise awareness about those challenges.
Growing up coy 2016 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. It focuses on the mathis family, in particular their transgender daughter coy and her right to use the school bathroom of the gender she identifies with. As growing up coy was completed in 2016, at least 16 states were introducing antitransgender rights legislation, so although the colorado. Salt lake man charged with rape, sexual assault on woman to fix the gay planb to stream the. Clare encourages investigative journalism and in particular with regard to politics. Growing up coy follows a landmark transgender rights case in colorado where a 6yearold transgender girl named coy has been banned from the girls bathroom at her school. The movie has been deemed culturally significant by the library of congress, and it was selected for preservation in the national film registry. Damn these heels queer film festival presents damn these shorts. Growing up wild 2016 stream and watch online moviefone. Its also an examination of what its like to grow up as a young trans girl in a country that is constantly creating laws. Synopsis in a highly conservative colorado town, a pink.
Growing up coy follows a landmark civilrights case in colorado, where a 6yearold transgender girl named coy has been banned from the girls bathroom at school. It premieres on the west coast in san francisco during frameline40 on 25 june, followed by a. By paige chapman in 1971, dr martin cole released the sex education film growing up, which was the first nonpornographic film to be released in britain that featured actual sexual intercourse and scenes of men and women masturbating. Growing up was the film that first attracted broad critical and popular attention to the movement. The film documents a landmark 20 case in which the colorado civil rights division ruled in favor of transgender 6yearold coy mathis to use the girls bathroom at her elementary school in fountain, colorado. Netflix will release the documentary, growing up coy about the transgender sixyearold whose family fought for her right to use the girls bathroom in a landmark civil rights case that prompted a nationwide debate. As a growing up teenager i think i was most concerned with. The film documents a landmark 20 case in which the. Gave you my scholarship for hook or crook for some other way. Growing up coy a film by eric juhola 82 minutes, color, usa, 2015 dvd includes. Netflix to stream growing up coy, transgender bathroom debate. Growing up coy dvd hennepin county library bibliocommons. A colorado family is thrust into the media spotlight to fight for the rights of their 6yearold transgender daughter in a landmark civil rights case. The airport trains future, lawn burning, colorados onetime largest employer, and how not to drink at the holidays the train to denver international airport came close to being shut down.
It is top billed by mara clara stars kathryn bernardo, julia montes, diego loyzaga, kiray celis and ej jallorina with other teen casts daniel padilla of gimik 2010, neil coleta of 100 days to heaven, and yen santos of good vibes. Coys parents hire a lawyer to pursue a civil rights case of discrimination, and the family is thrust into the international media spotlight, causing their lives to change forever. The film also asks a universal question that every parent may face. Netflix will release the docu growing up coy about the transgender sixyearold whose family fought for her. Growing up movies is a very appropriate title, as author clint harringtons enjoyable book is as much or more about his childhood experiences watching the movies, as it is about the movies themselves. Coys parents hire a lawyer to fight against discrimination, and the family is thrust into the international media spotlight, causing their lives to be changed forever. Growing up coy is a documentary with both political and social impact. A colorado family is thrust into the international media spotlight when they fight for the rights of their 6yearold transgender daughter in a landmark civil rights case. London eric juhola came to the raindance film festival with growing up coy,one of the more timely. Growing up coy eric juhola of preteen transgender rights. The new documentary growing up coy is a celebration of all of that.
The film will be in 190 countries now, and i dont think theres any other distributor that could get it in front of that many eyes on the same day, juhola. This is the last month to catch growing up coy on netflix. When coy, a sixyearold transgender girl is banned from using the girls bathroom at school, her parents take a stand. The devout earned gaston the bc emerging filmmaker award at the vancouver international film festival in 2015 and won best screenplay and best picture at the 2016 leo awards. Practice labor by i knew was married to a lawyer and that was the main through a of all your thinking the idea of going to college if i. Looking the movie, and 14 other mustsee flicks on the. Published on may 24, 2016 a colorado family is thrust into the international media spotlight when they decide to fight for the rights of their 6yearold transgender daughter. The film made the young star, doze niu, a pop icon and tagged him with a rebellious image. After almost 3 years of following coy and her family, we finished the film and it played at film festivals around the world winning 2 best. The main struggle in this film is that the school is not allowing coy to keep on using. Directed by eric juhola, the film will go live january 6 via the streaming service. Closed captions, chapter markers, deleted scenes file under. Jimmy fallon is staying coy about hosting the golden globes, but the tv host is still dropping a few hints about sunday nights show.