Edgy, hilarious, sometimes raunchy, and sometimes heartbreaking, Well Rounded brings fat queers to the front, with interviews from artists to health professionals in this fantastic new local documentary from former Artistic Director Shana Mayara. Systemic fatphobia has been shaped by white supremacy, nationalism and misogyny. These same oppressive dynamics play out in queer communities everyday. Featuring hilarious, vulnerable and insightful stories from Mi’kmaw comedian and broadcaster, Candy Palmater, interdisciplinary performer Ivory, and local queers including style icon Lydia Okello and comedian Joanne Tsung, this documentary balances the personal impacts of fatphobia with scientific facts from Dr. Janet Tomiyama, a psychologist working specifically with the causes and impacts of weight stigma and socio-political context provided by historian Dr. Jenny Ellison. Well Rounded is a celebration and affirmation fat queer bodies and identities, especially for those of us who don’t often see our BIPOC, LGB2TQ+, disabled and/or fat selves celebrated on screen.

Well Rounded | Shana Mayara | Canada | 2020 | 61 min | English