The Trans List (2016)
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 57M
Director : Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Sinopse
A documentary that explores the range of experiences lived by transgender Americans.
Filmado ao longo de cinco anos em Kansas City, este documentário segue quatro crianças transexuais - começando com as idades de 4, 7, 12 e 15 - enquanto redefinem a “maioridade”. Essas crianças e suas famílias nos mostram as realidades íntimas de como o gênero está remodelando a família ao lado, em uma crônica única e sem precedentes sobre o crescimento de um transgênero no interior do país.
Neste documentário, nomes influentes da arte e do pensamento transgêneros analisam o impacto de Hollywood na comunidade trans.
Enquanto enfrenta uma onda de violência contra mulheres trans, a ativista Victoria Cruz investiga a morte de sua amiga Marsha P. Johnson, em 1992.
Katie Couric viaja pelos Estados Unidos para se encontrar com cientistas, cirurgiões e especialistas para responder questões sobre identidade de gênero.
Lara (Victor Polster) é uma jovem menina trans de quinze anos. Seu maior sonho é tornar-se uma bailarina profissional e, com a ajuda do pai, busca uma nova escola de dança para desenvolver sua técnica. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
A história da vida de Brandon Teena, uma mulher que escolhe se passar por homem. Ela começa um caso de amor com uma mãe solteira da zona rural de Nebraska e sofre trágicas consequências como resultado da descoberta de sua transexualidade.
Após anos na fila por uma operação de mudança de sexo, a travesti Bree vê sua oportunidade se perdendo após receber a ligação de um jovem que supostamente seria seu filho, quando sua psicóloga acompanhante afirma que só autorizará sua operação depois que encontrar-se com o rapaz. Bree decide enganar o jovem e levá-lo até alguém que possa cuidar dele, mas vários acontecimentos e uma longa viagem pelos EUA farão com que os sentimentos familiares entre os dois comecem a se despertar.
Após três anos de prisão, o machão Enrique Esai Morales) retorna para casa no Bronx e encontra coisas mudadas. Sua esposa, Angela (Judy Reyes), está distante, e seu filho adolescente, Michael, transformou-se em Vanessa, uma mulher transexual. Incapaz de aceitar sua cria como ela é agora, Enrique se agarra a seus ideais masculinos enquanto Angela tenta unir a família protegendo Vanessa ferozmente. Ainda sob o olhar atento de seu oficial de liberdade condicional, Enrique deve tornar-se o pai que ele precisa ser ou, mais uma vez, arriscar perder sua família e sua liberdade.
Tomo (Rinka Kakihara), de apenas 11 anos, é abandonada pela mãe e passa a viver com o tio, Makio (Kenta Kiritani), e sua namorada, Rinko (Toma Ikuta). Inicialmente com pensamentos confusos após descobrir que Rinko é uma mulher transexual, Tomo vai aos poucos descobrindo o verdadeiro sentido de família.
This film confronts the culture of violence surrounding trans women of color. It is told through the voices of Laverne Cox and Cece McDonald.
Buck Angel: trans man, porn star, pioneer. Here we see his life through a documentary lens that evidences the power and personality of an amazing human being.
After skipping town a decade ago, transgender activist Caz Davis returns to the remote, politically divided dairy community of Rurangi, hoping to reconnect with his estranged father, who hasn't heard from him since before Caz transitioned.
A Colorado family is thrust into the international media spotlight when they fight for the rights of their 6-year-old transgender daughter in a landmark civil rights case.
Randall, a hard working yet fragile soul faces his inner demons buried behind a drag queen persona while pursuing the dream of a lifetime.
Ren & Luca chronicles a year in the life of two transgender siblings as they navigate puberty, a local beauty pageant, and transitioning in the Trump era.
Ash Nielsen is a teenager who is struggling to come to terms with being nonbinary, as well as having to navigate bullying at school.
O trabalho do cartunista transgênero Tailor, no qual compartilha a vivência e os desafios de outras pessoas trans, serve de ponto de partida para explorar essa pluralidade dessas vozes dentro do cinema.
In the 1940s, three extraordinary people -- two patients and a surgeon -- become pioneers in the still-emerging field of gender reassignment surgery.
Documentary following six trans men and women in Scotland as they struggle to find love and maintain existing relationships.
Bobby is a young child who meets a lost dog and decides to take with him in the house to take care of him. However, his mean dad refuses Bobby to take any pets inside the house. Bobby disappears in his room and when gnomes come to life...
A documentary encapsulating the career and Western films of director 'John Ford' , including clips from his work and interviews with his colleagues.
Jean-Pierre Gorin examines the lives and cultural background of Samoan street gangs in Long Beach, California.
In 2011, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas outed himself as an undocumented immigrant in the New York Times Magazine. 'Documented' chronicles his journey to America from the Philippines as a child; his journey through America as an immigration reform activist/provocateur; and his journey inward as he re-connects with his mother, whom he hasn't seen in 20 years.
Based on actual court transcripts of 8 anti-war protesters on trial for conspiring to cause riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
An Iraqi mother seeks health care for her 10-year-old son, who is dying of AIDS, against a background of war and occupation.
Four children enter a high-stakes lottery. If they win, they can attend one of the best schools in New York. A look at the crisis in public education, The Lottery makes the case than any child can succeed.
Feature documentary following fashion designer, Jay McCarroll's year-long journey preparing his first independent runway show and selling his clothing line to stores.
The bizarre history of Filipino B-films, as told through filmmaker Andrew Leavold's personal quest to find the truth behind its midget James Bond superstar Weng Weng.
The Guinness World of Records contains the most bizarre human achievements imaginable. But who are the crazy people behind the feats? From the grape catchers, to the hula hoopers and the ‘jogglers’, this humorous, but strikingly insightful documentary introduces us to the colourful characters who devote their lives to the oddest frontiers of human excellence. A delightfully eccentric human odyssey that is not to be missed.
In 2007 Mobile, Alabama, Mardi Gras is celebrated... and complicated. Following a cast of characters, parades, and parties across an enduring color line, we see that beneath the surface of pageantry lies something else altogether.
Isaac and Angel are two young Latinos involved in a south side Chicago gang. They have a secret in a world where secrets are forbidden.
In the gig poster community, artists such as Daniel Danger and Jay Ryan prove that creating this artwork is a way of life, more than just a career. These artists are at the forefront of an expansion of the gig poster genre. MONDO's reinvigoration of "the film poster as an art form," and Gallery 1988’s theme based exhibits are only two ways in which this artwork is reaching a greater public. In a community with strong roots, dating back to the 1960s, this expansion is controversial- refreshing to some, sacrilegious to others.
Dragonslayer documents the transgressions of a lost skate punk falling in love in the stagnant suburbs of Fullerton, California in the aftermath of America's economic collapse. Taking the viewer through a golden SoCal haze of broken homes, abandoned swimming pools and stray glimpses of unusual beauty, Dragonslayer captures the life and times of Josh 'Skreech' Sandoval, a local skate legend and new father, as his endless summer finally collides with the future. Set to the alternately roaring and dreamy soundtrack of bands from the indie labels Mexican Summer and Kemado Records including Best Coast, Bipolar Bear, Children, Dungen, Eddy Current and the Suppression Ring, Golden Triangle, Jacuzzi Boys, Little Girls, Real Estate, The Soft Pack, Saviours, as well as DEATH and Thee Oh Sees. Dragonslayer is a punk-rock manifesto to youth, love and learning to survive after the decline of western civilization.
When AIDS struck in the early 1980s, a scientist and a movie star did not have to respond - but they did. Dr. Mathilde Krim and Elizabeth Taylor joined forces to create amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research. The fight against HIV has never been the same. The Perfect Host reveals how two powerful and very different women came together, and what their combined efforts achieved. With passion and wit, Taylor wielded celebrity as a weapon against government indifference while Krim's commitment to science ensured support for the most promising research areas. Today, the only man cured of AIDS can thank research championed by Mathilde Krim. Visually dazzling and emotionally compelling, this story offers a surprising perspective on the still ongoing fight against AIDS.
Bettie de Jong performs the same dance nine times, starting and ending in a reclined position. As the film proceeds the camera becomes more and more adventurous.
An employee of a photo archive describes some of the most unusual requests for photographs he has had to deal with (such as a photograph of Jesus), as the impossible images are brought to life through animation.
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Pvt. Snafu becomes a superhero, only for him to become the world's dumbest one because he won't study his field manuals.
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