Queering the Script

Queering the Script is a 2019 Canadian documentary film, directed by Gabrielle Zilkha.^[1] Beginning at ClexaCon, a fan convention for lesbian, bisexual, queer and transgender women, the film explores the issue of LGBTQ representation in media, including the ways in which social media activism has influenced the telling of queer women's stories in entertainment by organizing campaigns against storytelling tropes such as queerbaiting and Dead Lesbian Syndrome.^[2]

Queering the Script
Directed by	Gabrielle Zilkha
Written by	Gabrielle Zilkha
Produced by	Alex House Steph Ouaknine
Cinematography	Marianna Margaret
Edited by	Shelley Therrien
Music by	Armen Bazarian
Production company	Shaftesbury Films
Distributed by	Hollywood Suite
Release date	May 26, 2019 (2019-05-26) (Inside Out)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

The film premiered on May 26, 2019 at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in Toronto.^[3] It was subsequently screened at Outfest in Los Angeles,^[4] where it won a Special Programming Award for Freedom.^[5]