My Own

My Own

2021 · 12 min · Drama

This short film tells the story of Bianca, a nonbinary person, struggling to find the place for gender fluidity within the rigid world of ballet. Bianca finds their own voice, in this dance-filled rumination on coming out, not as one thing or another, but as something in between.

Directed by Courtney Hope Thérond · Written by Shannon Gibbs

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