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Georgie Girl

Film (Full Length) – 2001

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Georgina Beyer was the first transgender person in the world to be elected to national office. Co-directed by Annie Goldson and Peter Wells, this internationally lauded documentary, tells the story of Beyer's extraordinary, inspiring journey from sex worker to member of Parliament for rural Wairarapa, and handshakes with the Queen. Born George Bertrand, Beyer grew up on a Taranaki farm, before spreading her wings on Auckland's cabaret circuit. Subsequent events led her to the town of Carterton, where she became involved in local body, and then national politics.

The idea for the documentary came to me in part because of Georgina's remarkable life story and personal charisma, but also because of the unlikely alliance between a conservative, rural electorate and a transgendered person of Māori descent who had been a sex worker and drug user. It made me reflect on my personal preconceptions of rural communities, and perhaps revisit some of my own prejudices. Of course, Georgina won by a wide margin and became the first transsexual to be voted into national office in the world.
– Annie Goldson, in a 2003 interview for the film's screening on American network PBS

Key Cast & Crew

Catherine Madigan

Co-Producer

Georgina Beyer

Subject

Annie Goldson

Director, Producer

Peter Wells

Co-Director

Beth Tredray

Sound Recording

Chris Anderton

Composer, Sound Designer

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Produced by

Occasional Productions

Source

Occasional Productions

Acknowledgements

Made with funding from NZ On Air, Television New Zealand and the Soros Documentary Fund of the Open Society Institute, in association with SBS Australia and the University of Auckland School of Creative and Performing Arts