Who I Am Not

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Who I Am Not

Released Nov 10, 2023

1h 45m

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What makes a male, and what makes a female? Where do we draw the line, and does it really matter? Sharon-Rose Khumalo, a South African beauty queen, plunges into an identity crisis after finding out she is intersex. She needs the guidance of somebody just like her. The only person who will help is Dimakatso Sebidi, a male-presenting intersex activist who turns out to be her complete opposite. The two parallel but divergent stories are an intimate look at the struggle of living in a male-female world, when you are born in-between. Who I Am Not gives a voice to the long ignored and mostly silent two percent of the world's population: the intersex community.

Shelli Nicole

Autostraddle

A deeply personal look into the lives of two intersex people who, just like the rest of us, are trying to figure out who they are and where they belong in this world.

Mar 15, 2023

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Leslie Combemale

AWFJ.org

Tünde Skovrán’s docu follows two intersex individuals living in South Africa. It allows viewers to release misunderstanding or prejudice around the intersex experience. Watching what Sharon and Dimakatsobgo through on a daily basis creates empathy.

Nov 20, 2024

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William Stottor

Loud and Clear Reviews

Tünde Skovrán’s debut feature Who I Am Not focuses on two people within the intersex community, telling their stories with great eloquence and care.

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 3, 2024

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Manuel Betancourt

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

It really works as a primer of what intersex is... It's very touching and informative.

Nov 29, 2023

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

This South African film finds honesty, humour and moving emotions as people describe how it feels to be neither male nor female biologically.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 11, 2023

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Amber Wilkinson

Screen International

A call for empathy and understanding.

Mar 16, 2023

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Petros T

"Who I Am Not" is above all a significant and mostly interesting doc on the underrepresented and surely for a lot of people unfamiliar topic of being intersex. Moreover, it has its fair share of touching, captivating, upsetting and even funny moments as well as a handful of great shots. On the downside, the direction and editing are a bit all over the place, which diminishes the overall impact. Also, the film drags quite a bit in the final part, although it does recover in the last few minutes.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/19/24

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What makes a male, and what makes a female? Where do we draw the line, and does it really matter? Sharon-Rose Khumalo, a South African beauty queen, plunges into an identity crisis after finding out she is intersex. She needs the guidance of somebody just like her. The only person who will help is Dimakatso Sebidi, a male-presenting intersex activist who turns out to be her complete opposite. The two parallel but divergent stories are an intimate look at the struggle of living in a male-female world, when you are born in-between. Who I Am Not gives a voice to the long ignored and mostly silent two percent of the world's population: the intersex community.

Director: Tünde Skovrán
Producer: Tünde Skovrán, Andrei Zinca
Screenwriter: Tünde Skovrán
Distributor: Greenwich Entertainment
Production Co: Double 4 Studios Romania, Filmoption International
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 10, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 1h 45m