The Grass is Greener

1999, 17 minutes
Genre
comedy   romance   short (less than 45 min)  
Keywords/themes
1940s   Hollywood   butch   lesbian   gay men   fashion  
Media type
film/video  
Alternate titles

Grass is Greener

Country of origin

England

Technical specs

B/W

Colour

16mm

Languages

English/English

Content Warnings
Unreviewed
Description

Mary (a butch lesbian who wants to wear slick suits and wine and dine beautiful women) meets Tom (a gay man who wants to wear flowing dresses and be treated like a lady). What they have in common is a love for the magical world of 1940s Hollywood films, when women were women and men were men. Or were they?

“The Third International Transgender Film and Video Festival Program.” London: Alchemy Festival Productions, 1999. Personal Archives.

Tom and Mary meet on a lesbian and gay caravan. Tom is all Mary hates about gay men, and Mary is all Tom loathes about lesbians. What they find is each other, one caravan, and no way of getting out.

Wayback Machine. “Tranny Fest 2001: Film Program Overview.” February 19, 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20020219142320/http://trannyfest.com/2001/films/index.html.
Cast & Crew
Crew
Distribution
Full film
Watch full film (external)
Distributors
Screenings

  • San Francisco Transgender Film Festival 2001

    November 18, 2001 7:00 PM

    Program 8 - Mohican, UK, Columbian & German Works

    Roxie Theatre, 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, California, United States of America  (in-person)