Screening of "In Our Own Words: On Being Trans at Smith" an auto-ethnographic documentary directed by Sam Davis. Q&A Session will follow the screening!!!

Description of the film: As society’s definition of who constitutes a gender-minority evolves, how do traditionally all-female colleges decide to or not to adapt? Over the span of one year, Sam Davis interviewed up to 40 current Smith students and alumni who identify as trans and/or non-binary to create the first trans archive at Smith College. This film is a collection of footage from these interviews-- it examines the relationship between Smith and their trans and non-binary students through the lens of one trans student. “In Our Own Words” asks-- how do these trans students fit into Smith’s vision of “women for the world”? How are trans students supported or unsupported by the administration and their fellow students? This film explores erasure, hypervisibility, transphobia, views about trans students within all levels of the institution, and the ongoing debate of who does and does not “belong” at Smith.