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"Trans lives on screen"

2020

1h 47m

7.9(135 votes)

Documentary

Overview

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.

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82 members

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Laverne Cox

Self - Actress

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Bianca Leigh

Self - Actress / Writer

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Jen Richards

Self - Actress / Writer

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Alexandra Billings

Self - Actress / Educator

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Susan Stryker

Self - Historian

Directing

Yance Ford

Self - Filmmaker

Directing

Lilly Wachowski

Self - Filmmaker

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Brian Michael Smith

Self - Actor

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Tiq Milan

Self - Media Maker / Writer

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Nick Adams

Self - GLAAD Director of Trans Media & Representation

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Zeke Smith

Self - Writer

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Rain Valdez

Self - Actress / Producer

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Elliot Fletcher

Self - Actor

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Marquise Vilson

Self - Actor

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Jazzmun

Self - Actress

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Leo Sheng

Self - Actor / Activist

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Trace Lysette

Self - Actress / Producer

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Alexandra Grey

Self - Actress / Singer

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Candis Cayne

Self - Actress

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Jamie Clayton

Self - Actress

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Michael D. Cohen

Self - Actor / Writer / Acting Coach

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Mickey R. Mahoney

Self - Educator / Filmmaker

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Ser Anzoategui

Self - Actress

Directing

Zackary Drucker

Self - Artist / Producer

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Michaela Jaé Rodriguez

Self - Singer / Actress

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Sandra Caldwell

Self - Actress / Writer

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Chaz Bono

Self - Actor

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Tre'vell Anderson

Self - Journalist / Film Critic

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Angelica Ross

Self - Actress / Entrepreneur

Production

Chase Strangio

Self - Attorney at ACLU

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Jessica Crockett

Self

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D'Lo

Self

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Ellie Desautels

Self

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David E. Harrison

Self

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Carmen Carrera

Self

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Jackie Curtis

(archive footage)

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Candy Darling

Candy (archive footage)

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Jaye Davidson

Self / Dil (archive footage)

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Divine

Edna Turnblad (archive footage)

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Jack Doroshow

Self / Flawless Sabrina (archive footage)

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Georges Du Fresne

Ludovic Fabre (archive footage)

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Paris Dupree

Self (archive footage)

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Leslie Feinberg

Self (archive footage)

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James Garner

King Marchand (archive footage)

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John Gavin

Sam Loomis (archive footage)

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Eric Gurry

Alfie (archive footage)

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Arsenio Hall

Self (archive footage)

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William Hurt

Luis Molina (archive footage)

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Caitlyn Jenner

Self (archive footage)

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T.C. Jones

Nurse Betty Ames (archive footage)

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Christine Jorgensen

Self (archive footage)

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Raúl Juliá

Valentin Arregui (archive footage)

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Crystal LaBeija

Self (archive footage)

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Junior LaBeija

(archive footage)

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Pepper LaBeija

Self (archive footage)

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Ethel Lloyd

Jane (the maid) (archive footage)

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John Lone

Song Liling (archive footage)

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Matthew McConaughey

Ron Woodroof (archive footage)

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Janet McTeer

Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)

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Tim Moore

Bumpsie (archive footage)

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Cathy Moriarty

Montana Moorehead (archive footage)

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Mandy Patinkin

Avigdor (archive footage)

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Esme Percy

Handel Fane (archive footage)

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Robert Preston

Carole 'Toddy' Todd (archive footage)

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Stephen Rea

Fergus (archive footage)

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Veronica Redd

Eddie Stokes / Edie Stokes (archive footage)

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Eddie Redmayne

Lili / Self (archive footage)

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Sylvia Rivera

Self (archive footage)

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Joan Rivers

Self (archive footage)

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Mercedes Ruehl

Self (archive footage)

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Hailie Sahar

Self

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Chris Sarandon

Leon / Self (archive footage)

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Peter Scolari

Henry Desmond / Hildegard Desmond (archive footage)

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Daniel Sea

Max Sweeney (archive footage)

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Chloë Sevigny

Lana Tisdel (archive footage)

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Octavia St. Laurent

Self (archive footage)

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Barbra Streisand

Yentl (archive footage)

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Hilary Swank

Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)

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Jeffrey Tambor

Self (archive footage)

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Mya Taylor

Alexandra (archive footage)

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Daniela Vega

Self / Marina Vidal (archive footage)

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Lesley Ann Warren

Norma Cassady (archive footage)

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