'' Woman'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by

Phyllis Ellis Phyllis Ellis (born 11 November 1959) is a Canadians, Canadian hockey player, actor and director. Personal life Ellis was born in Oakville, Ontario, Oakville, Ontario and grew up in the Greater Toronto Area. In high school, she did musical theat ...

and released in 2022. The film centres on the cases of

Dutee Chand Dutee Chand (born 3 February 1996) is an Indian professional sprinter and a former national champion in the women's 100 metres event. In 2013, Chand was the first Indian sprinter to reach the final of the 100m event at a global youth athletics c ...

, Evangeline Makena, Annet Negesa and

Margaret Wambui Margaret Nyairera Wambui (born 15 September 1995) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres. In her first international competition, she won the gold at the 2014 World Junior Championships. She later competed at the ...

, four female athletes whose medical privacy and human rights were violated over the issue of

sex verification in sports Sex verification in sports (also known as gender verification, or as gender determination or a sex test) occurs because eligibility of athletes to compete is restricted whenever sporting events are limited to a single sex, which is generally the ...

. It also draws on, but does not centre, the related stories of

Caster Semenya Caster Semenya Order of Ikhamanga, OIB (born 7 January 1991) is a South African middle-distance runner and winner of two Olympic medal, Olympic gold medals and three World Athletics Championships, World Championships in the women's 800 metres ...

Francine Niyonsaba Francine Niyonsaba (born May 5, 1993) is a Burundian runner who specialized in the 800 metres and shifted to longer distances in 2019. She was the 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist in the women's 800 metres. Her silver medal was the first Oly ...

and

Christine Mboma Christine Mboma (born 22 May 2003) is a Namibian Sprint (running), sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres, 200 m. At the age of 18, she won a silver medal in the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres, 200 m ...

. The film premiered at the 2022

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is the largest documentary festival in North America. The event takes place annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 27th edition of the festival took place online throughout May and Jun ...

, before being broadcast on television by

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in March 2023.

Awards

Ellis won the Social Responsibility Award at the 2023 Canadian Sport Awards for the film, and was shortlisted for the 2023

DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film The DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film is an annual Canadian award, presented by the Directors Guild of Canada to honour the year's best direction in documentary films in Canada. The award was renamed in 2010 to honour influential Canadi ...

. The film was a nominee for the Donald Brittain Award for best social or political television documentary at the

12th Canadian Screen Awards The 12th Canadian Screen Awards were presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television to honour achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media production in 2023. They were held at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto ...

in 2024.Pat Mullen
"Canadian Screen Award Nominees in Documentary and Factual Categories"
''

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'', March 6, 2024.

References

External links

* 2022 films 2022 documentary films 2022 LGBTQ-related films Canadian LGBTQ-related documentary films Canadian sports documentary films Documentary films about women's sports English-language Canadian films 2020s Canadian films {{LGBT-documentary-film-stub