Arts & Entertainment
Local doc "The Most Dangerous Year" to World Premiere at SIFF
The documentary follows families in Washington State as they fight for transgender rights.
In 2016 a group of Washington State families with transgender kids joined the fight against the wave of discriminatory anti-transgender legislation sweeping through the nation and into their home state. With the help of a coalition of state lawmakers and civil rights activists, these families embarked on an uncharted journey of fighting to protect and preserve their children’s inalienable human rights and freedoms in this present-day civil rights movement.
The film is directed by Vlada Knowlton, a Seattle-based filmmaker. Her first documentary feature, HAVING IT ALL, was selected by Washington’s PBS station, KCTS9, as the anchor program for its “Women Who Inspire” series in August, 2015, and went on to also be broadcast by Oregon Public Broadcasting.
THE MOST DANGEROUS YEAR will have its World Premiere Tuesday 5/29 at 6:30 PM at SIFF Cinema Egyptian. It plays again on Saturday 6/2 at 1:00 PM at Shoreline Community College.