Georgie Girl (2001)
In 1999, the largely conservative Wairarapa district in New Zealand elected a former cabaret performer/actress named Georgina Beyer to the country's House of Parliament -- a seemingly unremarkable event in that country's history except for the fact that Beyer is a transsexual and may very well be the first transsexual in the world to be elected to a national office. In their 2002 biographical documentary Georgie Girl, co-directors Peter Wells and Annie Goldson highlight the popular Member of Parliament's rapid rise through local government to prominence in the New Zealand national government.
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.f-rated, imdb.transgender-woman, imdb.politics, imdb.transgender, mdblist.has-trailer, mdblist.one-actor, tmdb.politics + 7 more, tmdb.mayor, tmdb.new-zealand, tmdb.election, tmdb.drag, tmdb.sex-work, tmdb.queer, tmdb.maori
Production Companies: SBS, NZ on Air, Television New Zealand, Open Society Foundations, University of Auckland
Country: New Zealand
Languages:
English
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