Synopsis

Intersex activist Pidgeon Pagonis leads a tireless battle for bodily autonomy, but when the toll of constant public-facing advocacy becomes overwhelming, they embark on a quest for healing, discovering the importance of nurturing the heart alongside the fight for justice.

Intersex Justice is a feature documentary directed by Aubree Bernier-Clarke. Their award-winning short film A Normal Girl (2019) featuring Pidgeon sets the stage for their feature.

Team

Director Aubree Bernier-Clarke
Producer G. Chesler
Co-Producer Pidgeon Pagonis
Consulting Producer Kimberly Zieselman

Recognition

ITVS Development Fund (2024)
PGA Create Fellowship (Producer’s Guild of America) in Producing Documentary
Inside Out International Finance Forum (2024)
Collective Lens Impact Fellowship (2024)
Regional Arts and Culture Council Grant (2023)
ITVS / NEH Fellowship in Documentary Development (2022-2023)

Progress.
Our film is in development and early-production! We are rolling this summer (2024) and hoping to film more this Fall. We are supported, in Development by ITVS through their Special Projects Diversity Initiative. Our fiscal sponsor, Center for Independent Documentary, accepts tax deductible donations on our behalf.

Two nonbinary filmmakers, white with black glasses, stand in front of colored backgrounds, looking in the lens.

2024 Fellowship Award

Producer G. Chesler and Director Aubree-Bernier Clarke are fellows in this Collective Lens impact program in support of Intersex Justice.

Through RACC support in 2023, we were able to launch!

Aubree Bernier-Clarke was selected as Humanities Documentary Fellow to develop “Intersex Justice” in 2022-2023