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Being out and trans
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Being out and trans forces people to look back on my work and apply a trans narrative to...

Being out and trans forces people to look back on my work and apply a trans narrative to it, because I wasn't making The Matrix films as specifically trans narratives

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Being out and trans
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forces people to look back on my work
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and apply a trans narrative to it,
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because I wasn't making The Matrix films
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as specifically trans narratives.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
01:12:13
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Bow + Arrow Entertainment,Field of Vision,Fork Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,California Humanites,Independent Film Producers (IFP)

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Movie Summary

An in-depth look at Hollywood's depiction of transgender people and the impact of those stories on transgender lives and American culture.
One of the most striking things to me - Disclosure 00:13
One of the most striking things to me
Trying to find myself in media and film was, uh, extremely difficult. - Disclosure 00:07
Trying to find myself in media and film was, uh, extremely d...
There was something about Bugs Bunny that activated, in my trans imagination, - Disclosure 00:08
There was something about Bugs Bunny that activated, in my t...
♪ I'm hunting wabbits ♪ - Disclosure 00:04
♪ I'm hunting wabbits ♪
You know, when I was growing up in the '60s, - Disclosure 00:09
You know, when I was growing up in the '60s,
Only positive representation I saw of anything transfeminine - Disclosure 00:08
Only positive representation I saw of anything transfeminine
When Bugs Bunny was doing "girl," - Disclosure 00:07
When Bugs Bunny was doing "girl,"
♪ Oh, Brünnhilde ♪ - Disclosure 00:23
♪ Oh, Brünnhilde ♪
I would always look back on that episode - Disclosure 00:09
I would always look back on that episode
And that Bugs looked, you know, really cute. - Disclosure 00:04
And that Bugs looked, you know, really cute.
♪ Won't you return my love? ♪ - Disclosure 00:12
♪ Won't you return my love? ♪
Ma Vie En Rose is where I actually felt - Disclosure 00:11
Ma Vie En Rose is where I actually felt
And nobody understood, and nobody knew what to do with me. - Disclosure 00:04
And nobody understood, and nobody knew what to do with me.
I grew up in Syracuse, New York, - Disclosure 00:05
I grew up in Syracuse, New York,
There was the library, and there was a video store, - Disclosure 00:08
There was the library, and there was a video store,
I was, like, six years old, - Disclosure 00:06
I was, like, six years old,
Okay, young ladies, - Disclosure 00:05
Okay, young ladies,
And having the sense that, Edna Turnblad... - Disclosure 00:04
And having the sense that, Edna Turnblad...
Divine, in Hairspray, is playing a cis character. - Disclosure 00:04
Divine, in Hairspray, is playing a cis character.
So I think that those kinds of, like, slippages - Disclosure 00:07
So I think that those kinds of, like, slippages