Georgie Girl

• Movies
• 2001-02-16
• EN
• Released
• 1h 9m
• AU
• Documentary

• 1.0
• 1
• Trailer

Production

SBS, NZ on Air, Television New Zealand, Open Society Foundations, University of Auckland

Storyline

In 1999, the largely conservative Wairarapa district in New Zealand elected a former cabaret performer/actress named Georgina Beyer to the country's House of Parliament -- a seemingly unremarkable event in that country's history except for the fact that Beyer is a transsexual and may very well be the first transsexual in the world to be elected to a national office. In their 2002 biographical documentary Georgie Girl, co-directors Peter Wells and Annie Goldson highlight the popular Member of Parliament's rapid rise through local government to prominence in the New Zealand national government.