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What trans people really need, though
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What trans peoplereally need, though, is a sense of a broader historyof that...

What trans people
really need, though, is a sense of a broader history
of that representation, so that they can, kind of,
find themselves in it

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What trans people really need, though,
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is a sense of a broader history of that representation,
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so that they can, kind of, find themselves in it.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:06
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.
I think it's just fascinating that some of the earliest moving images - Disclosure 00:09
I think it's just fascinating that some of the earliest...
When you watch, it very much feels like womanhood is silly - Disclosure 00:07
When you watch, it very much feels like womanhood is silly
When you think about the time, that time historically, - Disclosure 00:13
When you think about the time, that time historically,
If we're talking about in this country, in American cinema, - Disclosure 00:08
If we're talking about in this country, in American cin...
One of the films that is often credited - Disclosure 00:08
One of the films that is often credited
And that was a D. W. Griffith film, - Disclosure 00:12
And that was a D. W. Griffith film,
And Judith, to save the city, - Disclosure 00:09
And Judith, to save the city,
And while she is in his tent, - Disclosure 00:08
And while she is in his tent,
There's a claim that this is one of the first films that we know of - Disclosure 00:10
There's a claim that this is one of the first films tha...
And there's a kind of, like, trans or, you know, gender non-binary character - Disclosure 00:12
And there's a kind of, like, trans or, you know, gender...
It's almost like the figure of the cut trans body, - Disclosure 00:11
It's almost like the figure of the cut trans body,
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...