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Yeah, I was too busy trying to be "real." Get into both of themand see which one is realer

Yeah, I was too busy trying to be "real." Get into both of them
and see which one is realer

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Yeah, I was too busy trying to be "real."
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Get into both of them and see which one is realer.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
01:20:33
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.
There was a buzz around the film being made, - Disclosure 00:07
There was a buzz around the film being made,
How do you explain how other people - Disclosure 00:05
How do you explain how other people
Paris Is Burning is, like, their... their motto or something. - Disclosure 00:04
Paris Is Burning is, like, their... their motto or something...
What does it mean to go into cultures that you don't exist in - Disclosure 00:07
What does it mean to go into cultures that you don't ex...
And how do we have a critical relationship so that we learn? - Disclosure 00:04
And how do we have a critical relationship so that we learn?
I mean, you see a film like Paris Is Burning, - Disclosure 00:08
I mean, you see a film like Paris Is Burning,
♪ Come on, vogue ♪ - Disclosure 00:24
♪ Come on, vogue ♪
I can be critical of Paris Is Burning, - Disclosure 00:05
I can be critical of Paris Is Burning,
If you shoot a arrow and it goes real high, - Disclosure 00:07
If you shoot a arrow and it goes real high,
What I had learned from the world of the balls, - Disclosure 00:10
What I had learned from the world of the balls,
I'm living in my new pronoun that I've... "Stealth." - Disclosure 00:08
I'm living in my new pronoun that I've... "St...
Do you know what it's like to go on a set - Disclosure 00:07
Do you know what it's like to go on a set
Your head is trying desperately to stay in the scene. - Disclosure 00:05
Your head is trying desperately to stay in the scene.
You wake up afraid. You go to sleep afraid. - Disclosure 00:04
You wake up afraid. You go to sleep afraid.
You're trying to figure out if somebody's gonna drop the bomb - Disclosure 00:07
You're trying to figure out if somebody's gonna dr...
But anyway, I did what I had to do. It was called survival. - Disclosure 00:05
But anyway, I did what I had to do. It was called survival.
And you wanna go, and you wanna say, - Disclosure 00:09
And you wanna go, and you wanna say,
It is so incredibly empowering for me to know - Disclosure 00:10
It is so incredibly empowering for me to know
Ajita Wilson transitioned in the mid '70s. - Disclosure 00:05
Ajita Wilson transitioned in the mid '70s.
And I have to make that okay - Disclosure 01:05
And I have to make that okay