Part of the Living Together Film Series, curated by Konstantia Kontaxis. Living Together is curated by Rina Carvajal, MOAD’s Executive Director and Chief Curator, and independent curator Joseph R. Wolin.
(2016), 76 minutes, Director: Robyn Symon, USA
Filed under stranger than fiction, Uncle Gloria: One Helluva Ride! tells the astonishing true story of a 67-year-old macho owner of a South Florida auto-wrecking company named Butch, who undergoes a nasty second divorce and needs a place to hide. But the last place anyone would think to find him is in a dress, wig, and heels, living as a woman. Featuring risky surgeries, sex work, family dysfunction, activism, and falling in love. This film won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at its Miami premiere.