Fireworks Logo

Latest Shorts...

  • Why We Pride
  • Big Flirt
  • Not Just Another Pageant
  • Delivered
  • Erased
  • Old Girl in a Tutu: Susan Rennie Disrupts Art History
  • Sands of Purgatory
  • What Remains
  • Under the Glitter
  • Taxonomy
  • Birthday to Remember (A)
  • Clutter
  • Outlasting
  • Free on Bail
  • Final Frame
  • Small I’s
  • I Saw the Sunbeams
  • Love Lost
  • Almog Harosh: Mistakes
  • Male Gaze: Heavenly Creatures (The)
  • Loves Me... Loves Me Not
  • Silence = Death
  • Damp
  • Souvenir
  • Touch Me With Your Eyes
  • One Day This Kid
  • Hold Still
  • If I’m Here It Is By Mystery
  • Second Time Around (The)
  • Sleazy Tiger
  • Two Black Boys in Paradise
  • Lisbon
  • Sweetheart
  • Blackout
  • Star Crosswalked
  • Buddy Boy
  • Hammer of Witches (The)
  • My Boy
  • Shattered
  • Krizalit
Lesbian Short | Trans Short

CGiii Rating

Seen at...

  • Iris Prize

Public Rating

Big Life (A)

Country: Australia, Language: English, 15 mins

Lesbian Short | Trans Short | Incredible Shorts | Iris Prize: Shortlist 2021 | 2021
  • Director: Anna Brownfield
  • Writer: Anna Brownfield
  • Producer: Anna Brownfield

CGiii Comment

Wow...what a story! What a life!

Told with flair, wit and creativity...a damn fine testament to a torrid time!

No trailer...

The(ir) Blurb...

"Told through the tales of Bobbie Nugent, A Big Life is a story of butches and femmes, gangsters, sex workers, travelling sideshows and early Australian transgender history."

Bobbie Nugent was part of the butch and femme scene in Melbourne and Sydney during the 50s and 60s. Over this time, Bobbie travelled throughout Asia performing as the World's Strongest Woman before returning to Australia in the 70s to begin transitioning. A Big Life is a story of lesbians, gangsters, sex workers, travelling sideshows and early Australian transgender history.

IMDb

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15380486