Disclosure
Trans lives on screen
Ratings
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.
Production
Bow + Arrow Entertainment, Field of Vision, Fork Films, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, California Humanites, Independent Film Producers (IFP), doc soc
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Laverne Cox
Self - Actress
Bianca Leigh
Self - Actress / Writer
Jen Richards
Self - Actress / Writer
Alexandra Billings
Self - Actress / Educator
Susan Stryker
Self - Historian
Yance Ford
Self - Filmmaker
Lilly Wachowski
Self - Filmmaker
Brian Michael Smith
Self - Actor
Tiq Milan
Self - Media Maker / Writer
Nick Adams
Self - GLAAD Director of Trans Media & Representation
Zeke Smith
Self - Writer
Rain Valdez
Self - Actress / Producer
Elliot Fletcher
Self - Actor
Marquise Vilson
Self - Actor
Jazzmun
Self - Actress
Leo Sheng
Self - Actor / Activist
Trace Lysette
Self - Actress / Producer
Alexandra Grey
Self - Actress / Singer
Candis Cayne
Self - Actress
Jamie Clayton
Self - Actress
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