BFI Flare Festival 2019 panel

An honour to appear on the BFI Flare panel “In Search of the Truth: Filming Queer Biographies” alongside BAFTA winner Elizabeth Karlsen (Colette), Robert Anderson Clift and Hillary Demmon (Making Montgomery Clift) moderated by BFI’s very own Ben Roberts. From Boys Don’t Cry to Bohemian Rhapsody, Milk to Monster, films about real-life LGBTQ+ people are a tried and tested hit with audiences but bringing these stories to life can be a complex process in respect of the legalities of who owns a person’s history. So interesting to hear how these filmmakers have tackled the ethical dilemma of applying contemporary understandings of gender and sexuality to historical figures.