
** Winner of Best Narrative Short at New York's LGBTQ Film Festival 2019 **
** AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE - THROUGHOUT APRIL **
An intersex runaway confronts the past after a magical encounter with a cowboy. This is a queer film about discovering self-redemption and love. River Gallo is a Salvadoran-American filmmaker, actor, model, and intersex rights activist. They wrote, directed, and acted in this first film to feature an openly intersex actor playing an intersex person. In Ponyboi River Gallo brings to light a few of the many struggles faced as an intersex person, from a child dealing with ignorant doctors to an adult who is coming to terms with his identity. This is the film that society needs; a dreamy tale of hope and kinship that the intersex community has been missing, and a chance for people to educate themselves, generate awareness and help fight for intersex rights.
- Year2020
- Runtime18 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorRiver Gallo, Sade Clack Josephen
** Winner of Best Narrative Short at New York's LGBTQ Film Festival 2019 **
** AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE - THROUGHOUT APRIL **
An intersex runaway confronts the past after a magical encounter with a cowboy. This is a queer film about discovering self-redemption and love. River Gallo is a Salvadoran-American filmmaker, actor, model, and intersex rights activist. They wrote, directed, and acted in this first film to feature an openly intersex actor playing an intersex person. In Ponyboi River Gallo brings to light a few of the many struggles faced as an intersex person, from a child dealing with ignorant doctors to an adult who is coming to terms with his identity. This is the film that society needs; a dreamy tale of hope and kinship that the intersex community has been missing, and a chance for people to educate themselves, generate awareness and help fight for intersex rights.
- Year2020
- Runtime18 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorRiver Gallo, Sade Clack Josephen