Documentary

Georgie Girl

Name: Georgie Girl
Director: Annie Goldson
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2001-02-16
Duration: 69 min
Rating: 3.3
Cast: Georgina Beyer

February 16, 2001

1h 9m

TMDB3.3· 3

In 1999, the largely conservative Wairarapa district in New Zealand elected a former cabaret performer/actress named Georgina Beyer to the country's House of Parliament -- a seemingly unremarkable event in that country's history except for the fact that Beyer is a transsexual and may very well be the first transsexual in the world to be elected to a national office. In their 2002 biographical documentary Georgie Girl, co-directors Peter Wells and Annie Goldson highlight the popular Member of Parliament's rapid rise through local government to prominence in the New Zealand national government.