Category Woman

{{Correct title|Category: Woman|reason=:}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Category: Woman

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| director = Phyllis Ellis

| producer = Howard Fraiberg

| writer = Phyllis Ellis

| starring =

| music = Aaron Davis
Tuku

| cinematography = Iris Ng

| editing = Eugene Weis

| studio = Orama Filmworks
Proximity Films

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| released = {{Film date|2022|4||Hot Docs}}

| runtime = 76 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = English

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Category: Woman is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Phyllis Ellis and released in 2022.Lauren Wissot, [https://filmmakermagazine.com/114340-category-woman-phyllis-ellis/ "“We All Have our Unique Biologies, a Variety of Differences”: Phyllis Ellis on her Hot Docs-Debuting Category: Woman"]. Filmmaker Magazine, May 6, 2022. The film centres on the cases of Dutee Chand, Evangeline Makena, Annet Negesa and Margaret Wambui, four female athletes whose medical privacy and human rights were violated over the issue of sex verification in sports.Elisabetta Bianchini, [https://ca.news.yahoo.com/category-woman-hot-docs-festival-2022-sports-women-testosterone-205837215.html "'Category: Woman' documentary calls out the human rights violation of defining a woman in sports"]. Yahoo! News, May 9, 2022. It also draws on, but does not centre, the related stories of Caster Semenya, Francine Niyonsaba and Christine Mboma.[https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/new-canadian-documentary-presents-caster-semenya-story-in-human-rights-terms/ "New Canadian documentary explores Caster Semenya story in human-rights terms"]. Canadian Running, April 29, 2022.

The film premiered at the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,Kerry Gillespie, [https://www.thestar.com/sports/amateur/category-woman-sheds-fresh-light-on-how-female-athletes-are-defined/article_cf3b540f-63f9-5c34-98af-4b01e23daa0c.html "‘Category: Woman’ sheds fresh light on how female athletes are defined"]. Toronto Star, April 24, 2022. before being broadcast on television by TVOntario in March 2023.[https://theaquinian.net/deceptive-and-harmful-documentary-highlights-impact-of-sex-testing/ "‘Deceptive and harmful’: Documentary highlights impact of sex testing"]. The Aquinian, March 30, 2023.