Beginning with a speculative letter written aged 12 to actress Lillian Gish for a school project – the star of The Wind (1928) and frequent muse of controversial film director D.B.Griffith – Austin and Howard Mutti-Mewse embarked on a stream of correspondence with Hollywood’s vanguard that would continue for the next 30 years.
Here they share the story of how two boys from Surrey ended up befriending Hollywood's elite, and embarking on a journey that would taking them to LA...
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Beginning with a speculative letter written aged 12 to actress Lillian Gish for a school project – the star of The Wind (1928) and frequent muse of controversial film director D.B.Griffith – Austin and Howard Mutti-Mewse embarked on a stream of correspondence with Hollywood’s vanguard that would continue for the next 30 years.
Here they share the story of how two boys from Surrey ended up befriending Hollywood's elite, and embarking on a journey that would taking them to LA...
28 May 2014
For many of us, gender is something that we think of in black and white terms, a binary of male and female. In the womb, we are prescribed gender identities, before the nucleus of our personalities are even formed. But gender is something more than anatomy: it is something more than physicality. It is beyond the simple, limited terms of 'male' and 'female'.
What happens when we challenge these judgements placed upon us? What happens when we take a journey into gender, of our own accord, discovering along the way who we really are, rather than who we are told we should be?
In this podcast, we meet Jake, Felix and Matt, three trans-people who are undertaking this very journey.
We also talk with activity and professor of equality law, Stephen Whittle OBE, about his experience overcoming the UK's discriminatory laws.
Produced by Barney Rowntree
Production assistance Betty Wood
Music
Antony & The Johnsons
Special thanks to Professor Stephen Whittle OBE, Jake, Matt, Felix and Jay.
Port Magazine
Beginning with a speculative letter written aged 12 to actress Lillian Gish for a school project – the star of The Wind (1928) and frequent muse of controversial film director D.B.Griffith – Austin and Howard Mutti-Mewse embarked on a stream of correspondence with Hollywood’s vanguard that would continue for the next 30 years.
Here they share the story of how two boys from Surrey ended up befriending Hollywood's elite, and embarking on a journey that would taking them to LA...
