The Transformative Learning Centre of
OISE-UT presents
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films are will be shown on Friday afternoons, 3-5pm, providing a great way to de-stress after the workweek
and jump-start a re-creative weekend.
Films for the fall season have been booked, but we are open to suggestions
for films in the new year. Dean’s Board Room, 12th Floor, OISE-UT, (directly above the St. George subway station)
Friday January 30, 2009 Transformative Martial Arts and Body Politics: A Queer
Perspective, featuring... He fights like a man,
so he can become a woman
Directed and
produced by Ekachai Uekrongtham, the film stars Asanee Suwan, a real-life
kickboxing champ as Nong Toom. The role earned him the 2004 Supannahongsa
Award (Thailand's equivalent to the Oscar) for Best Actor. Beautiful Boxer
also features compelling performances by Thailand's award-winning actor
Sorapong Chatree in the role of Nong Toom's coach and former Miss Thailand
Orn-Anong Panyawong as Nong Toom's mother. Kyoko Inoue, one of
Japan's top female wrestlers plays herself in the film. She has fought with
Nong Toom in real life back in 1988. That historical match was reenacted for
the film in a dramatic sequence shot at Toyko Dome. Nearly all of Nong Toom's
opponents in the film are also professional kickboxers in real life. This movie session will be of interest to queer martial artists
and anyone interested in martial arts as embodied politics. Note: Discussion following the film will be somewhat
abbreviated due to the feature's length (almost two hours), but we still aim
for some discussion of important issues raised by the film.
Jamie has earned a
3rd degree black belt in Goju Ryu karate and also studies aikido. She encourages practitioners from
gay-positive clubs to bring literature and flyers to share with others
searching for supportive clubs and training spaces.
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