Ep 33. Frit Tam

This episode of The Checkpoint podcast is sponsored by The North Face®.

Frit Tam is a British- born, Chinese, transgender filmmaker. Frit is an adventurer, climber, roller-blader, cyclist, stand up paddleboarder, skier, and hiker to name a few.

Frit is also the founder of Passion Fruit Pictures, an award-winning film studio whose aim is to add colour and diversity to the adventure industry through film-making.

In 2021, Frit embarked on Glide for Pride - a 1700km rollerblading and cycling challenge, North to South, across England to showcase LGBTQIA+ stories. Frit is in the process of creating a documentary around the challenge and it will be the first film of its kind with a transgender, East-Asian protagonist, highlighting the wealth of diverse voices the UK has to offer.

In this wide-ranging discussion, we talk about adventure films, how Frit discovered the outdoors, mental health, fries and puns!

Follow Frit on Instagram: @frit_tam

@passionfruitpictures_



Glide for Pride: www.fritandhealthy.co

Passion Fruit Pictures: https://www.passionfruitpictures.co/

Frit’s Films:

Brave Enough: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/braveenough

The Wanderlust Women: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2_g-Btaj60

Adventure Films mentioned by Frit:

Meru - Jimmy Chin: https://jimmychin.com/motion/meru/

Rise Above The Fear– Abbie Barnes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qfPDk9it2U