# Bi the Way

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{{Infobox film
| name           = Bi the Way
| image	         = Bi the Way FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption        =
| director       = Brittany Blockman<br>[Josephine Decker](/source/Josephine_Decker)
| producer       = [Michael Huffington](/source/Michael_Huffington)<br>Martha Shane
| writer         = Brittany Blockman<br>Josephine Decker
| music          = Daniel Raimi
| cinematography = Nils Benson<br>Brittany Blockman<br>Josephine Decker<br>Wilmot Kidd
| editing        = Brittany Blockman<br>Josephine Decker
| distributor    =
| released       = {{Film date|2008}}
| runtime        = 85 mins
| country        = United States
| language       = English
}}
'''''Bi the Way''''' is a 2008 [documentary film](/source/documentary_film) about [bisexuality](/source/bisexuality) in the United States.  It had its world premiere at the [SXSW Film Festival](/source/SXSW_Film_Festival) in [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin%2C_Texas).<ref name="IFC">{{Cite web |last=Willmore |first=Alison |date=March 9, 2008 |title=SXSW 2008: "Bi the Way."Indie Eye &#124; Film &#124; IFC.com |url=http://www.ifc.com/film/indie-eye/2008/03/sxsw-2008-bi-the-way.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005223008/http://www.ifc.com/film/indie-eye/2008/03/sxsw-2008-bi-the-way.php |archive-date=2008-10-05 |access-date=2008-09-16 |website=The Independent Eye: the IFC blog about film |publisher=The Independent Film Channel LLC |department=Categories: Festivals, Reviews; Tags: Bi The Way, Brittany Blockman, Josephine Decker, SXSW 2008}}</ref>  The film has aired at [film festival](/source/film_festival)s throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Turkey, Greece, Australia, Brazil, and Taiwan, including at Silverdocs Film Festival, [Outfest](/source/Outfest), Newfest, !f Istanbul, and Rio de Janeiro Film Festival. It was aired on the Logo Network in summer 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender TV Shows & Specials |url=http://www.logoonline.com/index.jhtml |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913010345/http://www.logoonline.com/index.jhtml |archivedate=2009-09-13 |website=Logo Online |publisher=Viacom International Inc.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bi The Way |url=http://www.logoonline.com/video/bi-the-way/1616890/playlist.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002161107/http://www.logoonline.com/video/bi-the-way/1616890/playlist.jhtml |archive-date=2009-10-02 |website=Logo Online |publisher=MTV Networks, a division of Viacom International Inc. |department=Real Momentum Gay Documentaries}}</ref>

The film follows the lives of several young bisexuals in the United States.<ref name="IFC"/> Its makers, Brittany Blockman and Josephine Decker, also appear on camera to frame the stories.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Getty |first=Kate |date=14 March 2008 |title=Bi The Way |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A601631 |work=The Austin Chronicle |department=Screens : SXSW 08 Film Reviews |page=60 |publication-place=Austin, TX |volume=27 |issue=28 |issn=1074-0740 |id=[Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive) [https://archive.org/details/The_Austin_Chronicle-2008-03-14/page/n59?q=%22bi+the+way%22 The_Austin_Chronicle-2008-03-14]}}</ref>

== Synopsis ==
The film is structured around a roadtrip,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hess |first=Amanda |date=13 June 2008 |title=Bi the Way |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/35730/bi-the-way |work=Washington City Paper |publisher= |page=33 |publication-place=Washington, D.C. |id={{ProQuest|362550085}}.}}</ref> during which the creators introduce five young Americans confronting issues relating to bisexuality.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lamble |first=David |date=26 June 2008 |title=Truth is stranger than fiction: Highlights in Frameline documentaries, week 2 |url=http://ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=film&article=518 <!-- note from 2025-02-16: search results on the live website link to https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=arts__culture&sc=movies&id=228040&title=truth_is_stranger_than_fiction, which is nevertheless states "The story you're trying to reach is no longer available on our site or doesn't exist." --> |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710164952/http://ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=film&article=518 |archive-date=2011-07-10 |work=The Bay Area Reporter Online |publisher=Benro Enterprises, Inc.}}</ref> Former cheerleader Pam, from [Memphis, Tennessee](/source/Memphis%2C_Tennessee), navigates between the tolerance and sexual openness of her friendship group and the conservatism of her southern Catholic family. Black hip-hop dancer Tahj, enjoying little success with girls, forms a relationship with a man he meets on MySpace and must weigh the rejection of his community against his newfound love.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Becker |first=Stephen |date=March 9–10, 2008 |title=SXSW documentary explores bisexuality 'boom' / Close encounters: FILM FEST: Makers of new doc explore bisexuality 'boom' <!-- EBSCOhost: "SXSW documentary explores bisexuality 'boom': FILM FEST: Makers of new doc explore bisexuality 'boom'"; NewsBank: "Close encounters - FILM FEST: Makers of new doc explore bisexuality 'boom'" --> |url=<!-- dead link: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-sxsw_0309gl.ART.State.Edition1.453129a.html --> |work=The Dallas Morning News |page=10E |publication-place=Texas |id={{EBSCOhost|2W62918079839|2W62W62918079839|2W63767766837}}. [NewsBank](/source/NewsBank) [https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/11F56964399EFDE8 11F56964399EFDE8]. {{ProQuest|465839689|465837462}} (via McClatchy-Tribune Business News).}}</ref> 28-year-old Taryn is contemplating marriage to her boyfriend but also embarks on a new romance with a woman, testing the limits of monogamy and the boundaries of gender roles. David, 24, defies the expectations of his parents and ex-girlfriends to assert his bisexuality, while seeking to reconcile his traditional values with his open-minded views. Lastly, in [San Antonio, Texas](/source/San_Antonio%2C_Texas), Josh, 11, fears his gay father will reject him if he pursues his growing interest in girls.

The film interlaces these stories with commentary from evolutionary biologists, psychologists, and anthropologists to discuss themes of sexual ambiguity.

== Awards ==
* 2008: The film won the Alternative Spirit Grand Prize at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 10, 2008 |title=RIIFF Awards 2008 / 2008 Film Festival Award Winners Announced: The Twelfth Annual Festival Concludes Attracting Extraordinary Films, Celebrities and Record Crowds |url=http://www.film-festival.org/awards08.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124124247/http://www.film-festival.org/awards08.php |archive-date=2025-01-24 |accessdate=1 July 2010 |publisher=Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival |place=PROVIDENCE, RI |publication-place=Newport, RI}}</ref>

== References ==
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==Further reading==
* {{Cite news |date=June 13, 2008 |title= |url=https://digdc.dclibrary.org/do/b0ff9409-2ffa-47b7-b183-8c97c9f93fe3 |work=[Washington Blade](/source/Washington_Blade) |volume=39 |issue=24 |issn=0278-9892}}<!-- Note: all of this information (besides the publication name) is inferred from the URL directly or via metadata in EBSCOhost databases (I inferred the volume and issue from other articles from the same date, but the coverage appears to be partial, and I didn't find any obviously-matching article titles) and the Internet Archive Wayback Machine -->
*{{Cite web |last=Szymanski |first=Mike |date=April 4, 2008 |title=The World Premiere of the 'Bi the Way' documentary |url=http://www.bimagazine.org/music/pages/movies/movie10.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622062046/http://www.bimagazine.org/music/pages/movies/movie10.html |archive-date=2009-06-22 |website=biMagazine.org |publisher=American Institute of Bisexuality |department=Bi Focus}}
* {{Cite web |title=Bi the Way |url=http://www.collegemoviereview.com/indextest.php?t=movies&id=141 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524055003/http://www.collegemoviereview.com/indextest.php?t=movies&id=141 |archive-date=2008-05-24 |website=CollegeMovieReview.com}} (Current version of website says posted by Stephen Davis on September 18, 2010, as [https://collegemoviereview.com/reviews/bi-the-way/ "SXSW Review: Bi the Way"].)
* {{Cite news |last=Newman |first=Andy |date=June 12, 2008 |title=What Women Want (Maybe) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/fashion/12bisex.html |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |page=G6 |volume=157 |issue=54339 |issn=0362-4331 |id={{Gale|A180008111}}. {{ProQuest|433867928|897145983|2221911549}}.}}
* {{Cite podcast |url=http://daily.greencine.com/archives/005629.html |title=SXSW. Podcast. ''Bi the Way''. |host=dwhudson |date=March 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511163018/http://daily.greencine.com/archives/005629.html |archive-date=2008-05-11 |others=For the first in a series of podcasts from the SXSW Film Festival, Aaron Hillis has a terrific talk with Brittany Blockman and Josephine Decker about their documentary Bi the Way (site and blog), as well as with Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation), who's featured in the film. |publisher=GreenCine Daily}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.bithewaymovie.com/ Official site]
* {{IMDb title|0951257}}

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Category:Films directed by Josephine Decker
Category:Documentary films about same-sex sexuality
Category:Bisexuality-related films
Category:Films shot in New Mexico
Category:2008 documentary films
Category:2008 films
Category:2008 LGBTQ-related films
Category:2008 English-language films
Category:2008 American films
Category:American LGBTQ-related documentary films
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