My friend and mentor Lynn Conway died on June 9. This is a tremendous loss for me personally, for the transgender community, for science, and for humanity. Lynn overcame profound anti-transgender discrimination to become one of history’s greatest scientists. After…
March 31 ‘Whirlybird’ screening at Wabash ‘shOUT
Join me for a special Trans Day of Visibility event at Wabash College. We are screening Whirlybird Thursday, March 31 at 7pm in Baxter 101. See you there!
Join me for Deadline Hollywood’s ‘Whirlybird’ screening November 17
November 17, 2021 at 5:00 PM Pacific DEADLINE FOR THE LOVE OF DOCS A VIRTUAL DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING SERIES Presented by NatGeo Soaring above the chaotic spectacle of ’80s and ’90s Los Angeles, a young couple revolutionized breaking news with…
Tribeca encore of ‘Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps’ on June 18, 2021
The 2021 Tribeca Film Festival is having a special encore screening of the episodic version of our experimental media project Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps. 2020: PILOT SEASON Playing in this program:UnemployableMagic HourPretty PeopleDeceased OnesBecoming a Man in…
Inclusion in the Library of Congress Web Archives
In 2021, the United States Library of Congress selected my life’s work for inclusion in their collection. Via the Library of Congress: The United States Library of Congress has selected your website for inclusion in the Library’s historic collection of…
The week in TV: Devils; Storyville: Whirlybird: Live Above LA; Behind Her Eyes; Torn and more – review
Euan Ferguson Sun 21 Feb 2021 04.30 EST As a simple tale of adrenaline, Whirlybird: Live Above LA made a fascinating enough Storyville: breaking news in its infancy, with fast-to-screen video a major new player, and he and wife Marika in the air, literally…
Story of transgender journalist Zoey Tur who captured THAT OJ Simpson chase footage with her then wife is told in documentary that reveals how abusive behavior and her gender identity struggle led to their split
By STEPHANIE LINNING PUBLISHED: 08:50 EST, 16 February 2021 Storyville documentary Whirlybird: Live Above LA, which aired on BBC Four last night, reveals how Tur and Gerrard became a two-man helicopter news team in the 1980s, finding success with live coverage of…
Greenwich Buys Sundance Doc ‘Whirlybird’, Chronicling LA News Helicopter Couple
February 16, 2021 6:42am By Tom Grater International Film Reporter @tomsmovies Greenwich Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to Whirlybird from A&E IndieFilms. The doc, which premiered at last year’s Sundance, is the feature debut of Matt Yoka. It follows a husband-and-wife news helicopter team…
Whirlybird: Live Above LA review – intimate portrayal of how they got the eye in the sky
Lucy Mangan @LucyMangan Mon 15 Feb 2021 17.30 EST Whirlybird: Live Above LA (BBC Four) sets out to be many things. It is a documentary about the evolution – brought about largely by one married couple, Bob Tur and Marika Gerrard-Tur…
Whirlybird screening 27-29 November at LACMA
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is screening our film Whirlybird with a post-screening conversation with director Matt Yoka. FILM at LACMA presents classic and contemporary narrative and documentary films, artists and their influences, emerging auteurs, international showcases,…