Venus. Eisha Marjara: 'In Venus the focus was not on the transition but on Sid's relationships and her discovering herself as a woman and a new parent and a daughter and a colleague' Photo: Wolfe Venus, out now in the Us on VoD and DVD, is a delightful exploration of the challenges faced by trans woman Sid (Debargo Sanyal), who discovers, on the point of coming out, that she has a son (Jamie Mayers) she knew nothing about. Or as I put it at the time: “gentle; lyrical; funny”.
So I was looking forward to speaking with its Quebec-based writer and director Eisha Marjara.
I began by asking how she arrived at a film like Venus, given that she had started in documentary – and then proceeded to this very different, lighter genre. Eisha did not see it that way.
Eisha Marjara: 'As a writer and artist my job is...
So I was looking forward to speaking with its Quebec-based writer and director Eisha Marjara.
I began by asking how she arrived at a film like Venus, given that she had started in documentary – and then proceeded to this very different, lighter genre. Eisha did not see it that way.
Eisha Marjara: 'As a writer and artist my job is...
- 9/8/2018
- by Jane Fae
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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