Mama Gloria: Difference between revisions

| director = [[Luchina Fisher]]

| music = [[Jocelyn Chambers]]

| released = {{Film date|df=yes/no|2020|10|14|Chicago International Film Festival}}<ref name="ciff-release">{{cite web |title=Mama Gloria |url=https://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/digifilm/mama-gloria/ |website=Chicago International Film Festival |access-date=11 November 2021 |archive-date=11 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111164249/https://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/digifilm/mama-gloria/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

'''''Mama Gloria''''' is an American documentary film directed by Luchina Fisher. The film tells the life story of [[Gloria Allen]], a [[septuagenarian]] trans woman from the [[South Side, Chicago|south side]] of [[Chicago]]. ''Mama Gloria'' premiered in October 2020 at the [[Chicago International Film Festival]]. The film received awards from the Teaneck International Film Festival and the [[Milwaukee Film Festival]].<ref name=tribune2021>{{Cite web|last=Rockett|first=Darcel|title='Mama Gloria': Gloria Allen on love, resiliency, and her legendary status in Chicago's transgender community|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/what-to-watch/ct-ent-gloria-allen-transgender-mama-gloria-tt-0331-20210331-id5dvt4utzbonbeezdlc6ulbya-story.html|access-date=2021-11-10|website=chicagotribune.com|date=31 March 2021 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Clifton|first=Derrick|date=2020-12-28|title='Mama Gloria' celebrates a Black transgender elder's resilience and joy|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/mama-gloria-celebrates-black-transgender-elder-s-resilience-joy-n1252420|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-10|website=NBC News|language=en}}</ref>

''Mama Gloria'' centers [[Gloria Allen]], a 73-year-old trans woman based in [[Chicago]], Illinois. The film shares her life and recollections of growing up on the south side with an extremely supportive family, her childhood realization that she was a girl, time spent in the [[Ball culture|drag ball scene]], her eventual coming out and gender reassignment surgery, and her later career as the proprietor of a [[Finishing school|charm school]].<ref name="tribune2021" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Penrice|first=Ronda Racha|date=2021-04-05|title=Chicago's Own Mama Gloria, The Subject Of A Bold New Documentary, Is Proud And Trans Even In Her 70s|url=https://www.essence.com/culture/mama-gloria-doumentary-afropop/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-10|website=Essence|language=en-US}}</ref>

''Mama Gloria'' is director and writer Luchina Fisher's debut documentary feature.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Sachs|first=Kathleen|date=2020-10-13|title=Highlights of the Chicago International Film Fest|url=http://chicagoreader.com/film/highlights-of-the-chicago-international-film-fest/|access-date=2021-11-10|website=Chicago Reader|language=en-US}}</ref> She developed ''Mama Gloria'' so her own daughter, teenage trans advocate Gia Parr, would have a story about a Black trans woman role model that didn't focus solely on their vulnerability to violence.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Randolph|first=Antonia|date=2021-04-23|title=The life and glamour of Gloria Allen|url=http://scalawagmagazine.org/2021/04/mama-gloria-film-review/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-10|website=Scalawag|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Sprayregen|first=Molly|title='Mama Gloria' Is The Story Of Transgender Trailblazer, Gloria Allen|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollysprayregen/2020/11/18/mama-gloria-is-the-story-of-transgender-trailblazer-gloria-allen/|access-date=2021-11-10|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> The idea originated from her friend [[E. Patrick Johnson]], who shared a ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' profile of Allen and suggested Fisher produce a documentary.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Arnott|first=Christopher|title=Connecticut documentarian's 'Mama Gloria,' about a legendary Chicago trans activist, is now streaming|url=https://www.courant.com/ctnow/arts-theater/hc-ctnow-mama-gloria-documentary-20210406-udjqsc6ohjeodpzpalj7qcdhey-story.html|access-date=2021-11-11|website=courant.com|date=6 April 2021 }}</ref> The title is taken from the nickname by which Allen is known.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sosin|first=Kate|date=2020-11-20|title=As transgender people mark deadliest year on record, one elder fights for the living|url=https://19thnews.org/2020/11/transgender-day-of-remembrance-gloria-allen/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-11|website=The 19th|language=en-us}}</ref>

Licensing rights to the film were acquired by [[PBS]] for release in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wright|first=Elaine|title=CineOdyssey Film Festival in Charlotte has a Diverse Lineup|url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article246755036.html|url-status=live|website=Charlotte Observer}}</ref>

* 2020 – [[Teaneck International Film Festival]] – Best Documentary, Winner<ref>{{Cite web|title=Teaneck International Award for 2020|url=https://www.teaneckfilmfestival.org/awards/teaneck-international-award-for-2020|access-date=2021-11-10|website=Teaneck International Film Festival|date=16 April 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Category:African-American LGBTLGBTQ-related films]]

[[Category:2020 LGBTLGBTQ-related films]]

[[Category:Biographical films about LGBTLGBTQ people]]