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Disclosure

An in-depth look at Hollywood's depiction of transgender people and the impact of those stories on transgender lives and American culture.

Director

Sam Feder

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

Bow + Arrow Entertainment,Field of Vision,Fork Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,California Humanites,Independent Film Producers (IFP)

Awards

4 wins & 6 nominations

Homepage

http://www.disclosurethemovie.com/

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Self - Actress

Self - Actress

Self - Actress

Self - Actress

Alexandra Billings

Self - Historian

Self - Filmmaker

Self - Filmmaker

Lilly Wachowski

Self - Actor

Brian Michael Smith

Self - Media Maker

Self - GLAAD Director of Trans Media & Representation

Self - Writer

Self - Actress

Self - Actor

Elliot Fletcher

Self - Actor

Marquise Vilson

Self - Actress

Self - Actor

Self - Actress

Self - Actress

Self - Actress

Self - Actress

Self - Actor

Michael D. Cohen

Self - Educator

Mickey R. Mahoney

Self

Self - Artist

Zackary Drucker

Self - Singer

Michaela Jaé (MJ) Rodriguez

Self - Actress

Sandra Caldwell

Self - Actor

Self - Journalist

Tre'vell Anderson

Self - Actress

Self - Attorney at ACLU

Victoria Grant

(archive footage)

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Scout Finch

Auntie Mildred

Lance Rocke

Michael Blodgett

Self

Ace Ventura

(archive footage)

Self

Albert Nobbs

Transexual

Elizabeth Coffey

Self

(archive footage)

Self

Caroline Cossey

Self

Self

Jessica Crockett

(archive footage)

Candy

Self

Self

Ellie Desautels

Self

Edna Turnblad

Self

Self

Ludovic Fabre

Georges Du Fresne

Self

Self

Leslie Feinberg

King Marchand

Sam Loomis

Alfie

Self

Kip Wilson

(archive footage)

(Self)

David E. Harrison

Roy

Michael Dorsey

Luis Molina

Self

Nurse Betty Ames

Self

Christine Jorgensen

Valentin Arregui

Self

Self

Crystal LaBeija

(archive footage)

Self

Self

Sandy McNickel

Holofernes' Eunuch Attendant

J. Jiquel Lanoe

Hanna Fabre

Michèle Laroque

Ronnie (Z-Man) Barzell

Rayon

Self

Jane (the maid)

Song Liling

Ron Woodroof

Matthew McConaughey

Kenny Hampson

Hubert Page

Bumpsie

Montana Moorehead

Self

Avigdor

Handel Fane

Self

Carole 'Toddy' Todd

Fergus

Eddie Stokes

Lili

Self

Self

Sin-Dee Rella

Kitana Kiki Rodriguez

Self

Self

Leon

Old Maid

Henry Desmond

Max Sweeney

Lana Tisdel

Self

Self

Self

Octavia St. Laurent

Miss Lillian Travers

Yentl

Barbra Streisand

Brandon Teena

Judith

Self

Self

Alexandra

Self

(archive footage)

The Three Stooges

Ethel Mertz

Self

Holofernes

Henry B. Walthall

Norma Cassady

Lesley Ann Warren

Self

(archive footage)

Geraldine

Self

Holly Sandiago

Stella

Lt. Lois Einhorn

Self

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Self - Actress Yentl Self - Historian Self - Filmmaker Self - Media Maker

Jen There is a one word solution to almost all the problems in trans media - Disclosure

Jen There is a one word solution to almost all the problems...

...uh, because The L Word
is a lesbian show... - Disclosure

...uh, because The L Word is a lesbian show...

It just saddens me to see
so many of our strong butch girls - Disclosure

It just saddens me to see so many of our strong butch girls

...and so, they're looking at trans people
through a lesbian lens. - Disclosure

...and so, they're looking at trans people through a le...

Why can't you be the butchest butch
in the world and keep your body? - Disclosure

Why can't you be the butchest butch in the world and ke...

I think that best encapsulates - Disclosure

I think that best encapsulates

Are you gonna sell out
and start sleeping with the enemy? - Disclosure

Are you gonna sell out and start sleeping with the enemy?

How it made people feel - Disclosure

How it made people feel

What we've learned from it - Disclosure

What we've learned from it

There is a one-word solution
to almost all the problems in trans media. - Disclosure

There is a one-word solution to almost all the problems in t...

We just need more, - Disclosure

We just need more,

My family and I
would always watch movies together. - Disclosure

My family and I would always watch movies together.

Laverne When you are a member of a marginalized community - Disclosure

Laverne When you are a member of a marginalized community

This is Dr. Franz Blau - Disclosure

This is Dr. Franz Blau

Before she came to our little clinic, - Disclosure

Before she came to our little clinic,

Milton Moorehead of Syosset, Long Island. - Disclosure

Milton Moorehead of Syosset, Long Island.

...my family got really quiet... - Disclosure

...my family got really quiet...

...because it gave them
a confirmation - Disclosure

...because it gave them a confirmation

And we never really talked about it
after that, but... - Disclosure

And we never really talked about it after that, but...

I remember the next day,
my mom would try to... - Disclosure

I remember the next day, my mom would try to...

Get me to wear more masculine clothes. - Disclosure

Get me to wear more masculine clothes.

When you are a member
of a marginalized community, - Disclosure

When you are a member of a marginalized community,

And so, if you are a person of color,
an LGBTQ person, - Disclosure

And so, if you are a person of color, an LGBTQ person,

I giggle 'cause it's like,
I'm a Black trans girl from Alabama, - Disclosure

I giggle 'cause it's like, I'm a Black trans ...

I don't know if I'm
the target audience for... for Yentl. - Disclosure

I don't know if I'm the target audience for... for...

I was young when I saw it,
and it embodied so many of my longings - Disclosure

I was young when I saw it, and it embodied so many of my lon...

I mean, the song "Will Someone Ever
Look At Me That Way?" was, like, my jam. - Disclosure

I mean, the song "Will Someone Ever Look At Me That Way...

♪ Look at how he looks at her ♪ - Disclosure

♪ Look at how he looks at her ♪

And now someone has looked at me that way. - Disclosure

And now someone has looked at me that way.

A woman pretending to be a man
pretending to be a woman? - Disclosure

A woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman?

In 1982,
I graduated from high school, - Disclosure

In 1982, I graduated from high school,

And I saw those movies so many times. - Disclosure

And I saw those movies so many times.

For whatever reason,
we are creatures - Disclosure

For whatever reason, we are creatures

We want to see ourselves
reflected back to us in a story. - Disclosure

We want to see ourselves reflected back to us in a story.

- Adam Torres.
- The problem with trans men - Disclosure

- Adam Torres. - The problem with trans men

♪ Let's just breathe ♪ - Disclosure

♪ Let's just breathe ♪

- My pronouns are they, theirs, and them.
- Okay. - Disclosure

- My pronouns are they, theirs, and them. - Okay.

And certainly,
being invisible is a privilege - Disclosure

And certainly, being invisible is a privilege

But I work
with a lot of trans boys, - Disclosure

But I work with a lot of trans boys,

My parents used to call me Scout - Disclosure

My parents used to call me Scout

I resonated with tomboys - Disclosure

I resonated with tomboys

I was born in the early '80s, - Disclosure

I was born in the early '80s,

Like, Just One Of The Guys was something
that would come on TV on Saturdays. - Disclosure

Like, Just One Of The Guys was something that would come on ...

Oh, my God,
I remember seeing Just One Of The Guys - Disclosure

Oh, my God, I remember seeing Just One Of The Guys

She decides to pretend to be a boy - Disclosure

She decides to pretend to be a boy

They played with this idea of transness - Disclosure

They played with this idea of transness

New haircut, got some jeans,
got the cool backpack. - Disclosure

New haircut, got some jeans, got the cool backpack.

But when I fall in love, I better hurry up
and become a girl again." - Disclosure

But when I fall in love, I better hurry up and become a girl...

...like a person, - Disclosure

...like a person,

I nev-- I never quite
could wrap my mind around - Disclosure

I nev-- I never quite could wrap my mind around

So it's really
a women's empowerment message - Disclosure

So it's really a women's empowerment message

I remember specifically seeing
the Jerry Springer episode with Reno. - Disclosure

I remember specifically seeing the Jerry Springer episode wi...

Child, Reno was on Jerry Springer, - Disclosure

Child, Reno was on Jerry Springer,

He's out there with his girlfriend.
He's like, "I got something to tell you." - Disclosure

He's out there with his girlfriend. He's like, &qu...

What you mean, "this"? You don't got
no reason to disrespect me on this show. - Disclosure

What you mean, "this"? You don't got no reaso...

Not only was Reno
the first time that I saw - Disclosure

Not only was Reno the first time that I saw

At that point,
I'm high school age - Disclosure

At that point, I'm high school age

Typical Black queer trans stuff
in New York City. - Disclosure

Typical Black queer trans stuff in New York City.

I don't even believe - Disclosure

I don't even believe

I think that one woman's armor - Disclosure

I think that one woman's armor

I think we don't see
as much representation of trans men - Disclosure

I think we don't see as much representation of trans me...

I'm a proud trans man, Dr. Bailey, - Disclosure

I'm a proud trans man, Dr. Bailey,

I think, also, trans men
are not as recognizable. - Disclosure

I think, also, trans men are not as recognizable.

There's this idea that people...
they don't know any trans men, - Disclosure

There's this idea that people... they don't know a...

Testosterone. You can't just pack it up
and put it in a drawer. - Disclosure

Testosterone. You can't just pack it up and put it in a...

Well, actually, you can, - Disclosure

Well, actually, you can,

Trans women vastly outnumber trans men - Disclosure

Trans women vastly outnumber trans men

And, of course,
that's partly because women overall, - Disclosure

And, of course, that's partly because women overall,

I was so viciously harassed
on the streets of New York - Disclosure

I was so viciously harassed on the streets of New York

It was warpaint, - Disclosure

It was warpaint,

And so, um, I armored myself,
and makeup was a way to do that. - Disclosure

And so, um, I armored myself, and makeup was a way to do tha...

I think that one woman's armor - Disclosure

I think that one woman's armor

♪ You mean I've been dancin'
On the floor, darlin' ♪ - Disclosure

♪ You mean I've been dancin' On the floor, darlin&...

And for them, it comes out of,
ultimately, the sex workers, - Disclosure

And for them, it comes out of, ultimately, the sex workers,

And, of course, they're then
imitating an older version of femininity - Disclosure

And, of course, they're then imitating an older version...

But a lot of people will look
at trans women's performance of femininity - Disclosure

But a lot of people will look at trans women's performa...

Cute little old man, if you want a boy,
I can be a boy. - Disclosure

Cute little old man, if you want a boy, I can be a boy.

And if you want a girl, I can be a girl.
Hell, I can be whatever you want me to be. - Disclosure

And if you want a girl, I can be a girl. Hell, I can be what...

I've been a prostitute, Prostitute 1,
Prostitute 2, call girl, hooker, you know? - Disclosure

I've been a prostitute, Prostitute 1, Prostitute 2, cal...

I think... that you are not a virgin. - Disclosure

I think... that you are not a virgin.

Uh, at... at a point, I felt limited. - Disclosure

Uh, at... at a point, I felt limited.

I felt like, "Okay, what's next?" - Disclosure

I felt like, "Okay, what's next?"

GLAAD took a look
at 134 episodes of television - Disclosure

GLAAD took a look at 134 episodes of television

It is true that in the real world,
many transgender women, particularly, - Disclosure

It is true that in the real world, many transgender women, p...

The unemployment rate
for transgender people - Disclosure

The unemployment rate for transgender people

So there are contextual and social reasons - Disclosure

So there are contextual and social reasons

I told him,
"You better get that thing out of my ass, - Disclosure

I told him, "You better get that thing out of my ass,

Chicks with dicks.
Boobs on top, balls down below. - Disclosure

Chicks with dicks. Boobs on top, balls down below.

Are you a lady of the night? A courtesan? - Disclosure

Are you a lady of the night? A courtesan?

I don't know what you're talking about.
I'm a goddess and I'm a fucking model. - Disclosure

I don't know what you're talking about. I'm a...

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An in-depth look at Hollywood's depiction of transgender people and the impact of those stories on transgender lives and American culture.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Sam Feder

Writer: N/A

Production: Bow + Arrow Entertainment,Field of Vision,Fork Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,California Humanites,Independent Film Producers (IFP)

Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 79/100

ImdbRating: 8.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 19 Jun 2020

Awards: 4 wins & 6 nominations

Homepage: http://www.disclosurethemovie.com/

Also watch: Savage X Fenty Show, One-Way to Tomorrow, Taylor Swift City of Lover Concert, LA 92, Circus of Books, Jumpin' Jack Flash, The Happy Prince, Downhill, Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars, Hurricane Bianca, The Toxic Avenger, A Writer's Odyssey