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1) Born to be
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Follows the work of Dr. Jess Ting at the groundbreaking Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery in New York City, where all transgender and gender nonconforming people have access to quality transition-related health and surgical care. This feature-length documentary takes an intimate look at how one doctor's work impacts the lives of his patients as well as how his journey from renowned plastic surgeon to pioneering gender-affirming...
Publisher
[Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Fractal: Stories Across the Gender Spectrum is a collection of 4 Transgender and Gender Queer Documentary Shorts that explores the wide spectrum of experiences often left out of the traditional narrative. From a successful trans woman running her own salon in New Orleans to a collective experimental video essay road film; the collection expands on the joys, struggles and honest conversations within the community"--Container.
A fine girl: A Fine...
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Through the compelling stories of eight performers in the thriving drag scene in the unlikely location of Columbus, Ohio, the film dives into the often misunderstood topic of 'gender' itself. Giving rare insight into an underground scene, KQIB captures how an unlikely midwestern city full of vibrant performers tackles complexities of gender expression, personal identity, and human rights, all with humor, great music, big hair, and duct tape.
5) Tangerine
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles.
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A 7-foot-tall fundamentalist Baptist minister, Markie Wenzel made the decision at age 46 to come out as a transgender woman and start living as female. It was a decision that ended her 20-year marriage and estranged her from her three children. It also saw her dismissed from her church and exiled to the margins of her community. We meet Markie in 2008 as she is putting the pieces of her life back together, employed as a TSA agent and working toward...
Publisher
Home Box Office, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Season 1 of this intense HBO drama focuses on 17-year-old Rue Bennett (multimedia star Zendaya), a drug addict fresh from rehab who's struggling to stay clean. Ahead of the second season, the Emmy-winning series returns with two special episodes set over the Christmas holiday. Season 2 continues to follow Rue's dynamic group of friends as they enter a new year and question their choices.
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina transwoman, is brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three women intimately invested in the case, an activist attorney (Virgie Suarez), a transgender journalist (Meredith Talusan) and Jennifer's mother (Julita "Nanay" Laude), galvanize a political uprising, pursuing justice and taking on hardened histories of U.S. imperialism.
10) Carmin Tropical
Publisher
Alfhaville Cinema
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Mabel, a muxe (a man who lives as a woman), returns home to her village in Oaxaca, Mexico to find her friend's killer.
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