Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Matt Sweeney previously collaborated on the 2005 album, Superwolf, and now the two have reunited to score the documentary Westerly about transgender surfer Peter Drouyn, who now goes by Westerly Windina. The project has an active Kickstarter campaign for donations. Incentives to pledge include copies of the finished film, invitations to the premiere, surfing lessons with Windina, a custom surfboard and much more. Check out a preview of the film below, and head over to the Kickstarter page if you’d like to contribute. (Via Pitchfork)...
- 11/27/2012
- Pastemagazine.com
"Westerly," a doc about transgender surfer Peter Drouyn's controversial journey toward becoming a woman, is in the works with producers Beau Willimon and Jordan Tappis. Alan White and Jamie Brisick will direct the film, with musicians Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney also on board. Drouyn was a surf icon during the '60s and '70s, but beneath the traditionally macho and sexist surf culture he was hiding himself. He disappeared from the scene in the '80s. Then, after a 2002 surfing accident that nearly killed him, he began his transition into becoming a woman. "It was a supernova. It just kicked in one night, and suddenly Peter went, Westerly was there," she says. Westerly Windina is the name Drouyn emerged with in 2008 when she announced on Australian TV that she was living as a woman. The filmmakers state, “Peter Drouyn becomes aware of the woman within and...
- 11/26/2012
- by Sophia Savage
- Thompson on Hollywood
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