SCREENINGS | ENDORSEMENTS | REVIEWS | AWARDS

Screenings

No Dumb Questions has screened at film festivals, community events, k-12 schools, and colleges and universities around the world. The film aired during summer, 2003 on HBO's Cinemax Reel Life, on PBS station KQED in San Francisco in June, 2005, and was included in an episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show. Join the mailing list to stay informed about upcoming television dates, screenings and special events.

Endorsements
"An invaluable tool for diversity education & raising consciousness about transgender issues."    -- Benjamin Davidson, Ph.D.,        Director, LGBT Resource Center,        Stanford University "An honest, revealing portrait of children at different developmental levels. Should be required viewing for any professional working with children and families around issues of gender, diversity and understanding."   -- Hank Liese, MSW, Ph.D.,       Associate Professor of Social Work,       University of Utah "An excellent and important vehicle for helping to expand the realm of liegitimate gender roles. Highly recommended."   -- Joel Kassiola,        Dean, College of Behavioral        & Social Sciences,        San Francisco State University "For anybody trying to understand the transition of someone close, No Dumb Questions offers a refreshingly honest look at the issue."   -- Candace Gingrich,        Manager for HRC's National        Coming Out Project		"Wonderful...it is such a lesson in how parenting should be and how families should be."   -- Betty DeGeneres       Columnist, HRC FamilyNet       Mother of Actress Ellen DeGeneres "This sweet film suggests how our fears of gender variance are learned - and how they might be overcome."   -- Joanne Meyerowitz, Author      "How Sex Changed: A History of       Transsexuality in the United States" "A powerful teaching tool - elegant, important and lovely."  -- Marguerite J. Moritz, Ph.D.,      Associate Dean, School of      Journalism & Mass Communication,      University of Colorado "Perfect for sparking discussion in classrooms or workshops."  -- Jennifer K. Uleman,       Professor of Philosophy,       University of Miami

Reviews
"This unflinchingly honest and sometimes touching film offers insight about gender issues and the natural curiosity of children."      -- Booklist "...refreshing approach...entertaining for almost any audience...an excellent discussion starter in high school and college classrooms. Highly recommended."      -- Educational Media Reviews Online        [read the review] "Any public...and any academic library collection (especially a gender studies or social work collection) would be enriched."      -- Library Journal " Documentary film No Dumb Questions seeks to help families through challenge of learning about transgender relative."      -- Stanford Report        [read the article]		"moving and funny."      -- San Francisco Chronicle "witty, yet heartfelt documentary"      -- Apple Computer "Occasionally, a documentary's strengths come not from its formal qualities, but from the sheer exuberance of the life that it captures."      -- IndieWire: Park City        [read the review] "...the end result is both unsettling and uplifting. A touching and truly moving documentary."      -- Chris Gore, FilmThreat "...the kind of documentaries I'd like to see more of...engaging characters, serious subject matter, refreshing perspectives and humor.""      -- TV Guide