An emotional landscape of a young trans man who gets a panic attack every time he
dons a female bathing suit. Calvin Gilbert at first appears to be a really cute boyish
man, striking a pose that would win the hearts of fitness magazine editors everywhere.
As Calvin unspools his traumas around quitting the Smith College women's swim team
we see him hurtling through the water in full businessman's drag. There is the briefest
glimpse of male naval hair - did I actually see that? This decidedly offbeat short
is a visual poem to our fears and dreams of escaping the gender prison.
Cruise, Col, and Misster Scratch. London Transgender Film Festival Nov 2008 Program.
London, 2008.