17 sep
19:30
Studium Generale | Film & Talk

She They Us


How do you storm a world that doesn’t seem made for you? She They Us shows how women deal with daily discrimination in the areas of gender, sexuality, skin colour, class and religion. A documentary series about the fight for a future in which everyone can be equal. We are showing two parts of the series.

Part one: ACCEPTANCE
Hanne is a top international model and is 17 when they discover that they are an intersex person. Today, they use this model status to stop cosmetic operations on intersex children, which they had to undergo themself. And on the verge of her big breakthrough, Charlotte, a Belgian singer with Caribbean roots, enters into confrontation with the trauma of racism. It appears that the world just does not accept either of them.

Part two: SAFETY
Why is a safe environment for women not a matter of course? Eefje is an e-sports journalist for renowned gaming events. Like many women in the game world, besides being stalked, she is confronted on a daily basis with online misogyny and threats. Fatima-Zohra brings together abused and threatened Muslim girls and women, in order to create a safe space within their community. There, they learn to rebuild their self-confidence.

The film is introduced by a spoken word artist. Afterwards, there is a Q&A with director Zaïde Bil.

In collaboration with Lumière Cinema