MOVIE · 2022

What Is a Woman?

Documentary95 min

Matt Walsh travels from interview to interview asking a single question: what is a woman. As he speaks with gender scholars, medical professionals, commentators, and people on the street, the film centers on disputes over sex, gender identity, and how institutions define womanhood. Each exchange is built around Walsh pressing for a clear answer and challenging responses he sees as circular or ideological. The documentary frames those conversations as an investigation into current debates around transgender issues, medicine, education, and public language. Directed by Justin Folk, it follows Walsh’s confrontational approach as he uses the same question to provoke arguments, refusals, and wider conflict over how gender is understood.