Take a Walk on the Wildside (2017)

Original title

Take a Walk on the Wild Side

Directed by

Lisa Rideout

Genre

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Canada

Runtime

15 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary profiles a clothing store in Toronto that serves men who cross-dress. The film focuses on the customers and the owner, showing how the store provides a safe and supportive space.

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What happens

Take a Walk on the Wildside is a 2017 Canadian documentary film directed and written by Lisa Rideout. The film profiles Take a Walk on the Wildside, a clothing store in Toronto, Ontario, which caters to the unique needs of cross-dressing men. The film premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in 2017. The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary Film at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards. Rideout followed up in 2018 with One Leg In, One Leg Out, a short documentary about a transgender woman she had met during the making of Wildside. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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