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It's almost like the figure of the cut trans body
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It's almost like the figureof the cut trans body, the eunuchwho's been castrated or...

It's almost like the figure
of the cut trans body, the eunuch
who's been castrated or emasculated, who is a cut figure, presides over

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It's almost like the figure of the cut trans body,
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the eunuch who's been castrated or emasculated,
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who is a cut figure,
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presides over...
Duration
11 seconds
Views
54
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:23
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.
It's like we have always been present on-screen, - Disclosure 00:08
It's like we have always been present on-screen,
Can we all just talk about D. W. Griffith for a minute? - Disclosure 00:04
Can we all just talk about D. W. Griffith for a minute?
As the Missy Elliott song would say, we need to just back it up for a minute. - Disclosure 00:04
As the Missy Elliott song would say, we need to just back it...
The fact that we study and teach D. W. Griffith - Disclosure 00:09
The fact that we study and teach D. W. Griffith
Because if I had seen Birth of a Nation, - Disclosure 00:11
Because if I had seen Birth of a Nation,
Not only is D. W. Griffith incredibly racist, - Disclosure 00:15
Not only is D. W. Griffith incredibly racist,
It's like, "Oh, yeah, great, D. W. Griffith, - Disclosure 00:10
It's like, "Oh, yeah, great, D. W. Griffith,
If you look at that early silent film, - Disclosure 00:15
If you look at that early silent film,
You know, just, like, it's these sort of twin fascinations - Disclosure 00:08
You know, just, like, it's these sort of twin fascinati...
Like, you know, first, there's no such vocabulary back in the day of... - Disclosure 00:04
Like, you know, first, there's no such vocabulary back ...
In A Florida Enchantment she eats a seed, and then, like, voilà, - Disclosure 00:05
In A Florida Enchantment she eats a seed, and then, like, vo...
And, you know, not only were we looking at gender expression, - Disclosure 00:09
And, you know, not only were we looking at gender expression...
So, the white person becomes this high-society dandy, - Disclosure 00:10
So, the white person becomes this high-society dandy,
And so, even in this gender-transgressive fantasy, - Disclosure 00:12
And so, even in this gender-transgressive fantasy,
There are lots of ugly things about our history - Disclosure 00:07
There are lots of ugly things about our history
But I think we have to know them. I think we have to learn them. - Disclosure 00:04
But I think we have to know them. I think we have to learn t...
There's all sorts of theories around the history - Disclosure 00:09
There's all sorts of theories around the history
Well, I guess you'll just remain the, uh, mid-level comedian, just... - Disclosure 00:04
Well, I guess you'll just remain the, uh, mid-level com...
There is a history of Black men in America - Disclosure 00:08
There is a history of Black men in America
...and almost predatory in relationship to white womanhood. - Disclosure 00:04
...and almost predatory in relationship to white womanhood.