Video's, Music Videos
99% woman Worldview Pictures Productions in association with France. New York: Filmakers Library, Inc., [199-]. 45 year old FTM Bridget Nelson continues her relationship with her wife and 3 sons.
A Boy Named Sue Produced and directed by Julie Wyman. New York: Women Make Movies, c2000. Examines the personal and sexual issues of a female to male sex change operation process. Includes interviews with Theo A. Steffen throughout the six year process.
A Gender Journey This inspiring Documentary, produced by two Transsexual women in Melbourne, features the personal stories of many people who live in the opposite gender to that of their biology and some who choose to live in both genders. These stories show how these people have been affected by conflict of biological gender with brain gender. See http://www.m2fgender.com/
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story For more about Gwen see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Araujo Lifetime
TV 2006, Directed by: Agnieszka Holland, Written by: Shelley Evans. Imagine feeling like you're trapped in the wrong body, that there's been some sort of mistake — that you're supposed to be a girl instead of a boy. How would you tell your family and friends that you wanted to change genders? Would you bring it up with someone you had a crush on? And what would you do when society not only refused to accept the new you, but was violent toward you? Well, Eddie Araujo didn't know the answers, but he did know he was supposed to be female, so he began to dress as a girl and changed his name to Gwen.
You won't believe what Gwen endured just to live her life as who she was and feel normal. It's a shocking true story about courage and tolerance, and is sure to stay with you long after the credits roll.
A Soap A Danish film in the running for the festival's top prize, the Golden Bear. The plot? The touching story of a man -- who is about to become a woman through gender reassignment surgery -- and a woman who fall in love with each other
Adventures in the Gender Trade Produced and directed by Susan Marenco. New York: Filmakers Library, c1993. Kate Bornstein and others discuss why they refuse to be categorized as male or female.
Agnes and His Brothers Cast: Martin Weiss, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Katja Riemann, Tom Schilling, Susan Anbeh, Vadim Glowna, Margit Carstensen, Lee Daniels, Marie Zielcke, Oliver Korittke, Martin Semmelrogge, Martin Feifel and Sven Martinek
Directed by: Oskar Roehler, Screenplay by: Oskar Roehler, Distributor: First Run Features 2004.
Agnes and His Brothers tells the story of three brothers who couldn't be any more different from each other: Hans-Jörg (played by German cinema's hottest male property Moritz Bleibtreu) is a librarian with job-threatening sexual obsessions and uncontrollable voyeuristic urges. Werner (Herbert Knaup) is a smooth and successful politician with a self-confident wife and two sons. But behind the facade of their marriage, the foundation is starting to crack. Then there is Agnes (Martin Weiss), who was born male and changed his gender in the quest for love. Agnes now works his way through the night and the sexual underworld as an exotic dancer.
What each of these radically different siblings has in common is a love-hate relationship with the same man who greatly influenced their lives - their eccentric father. One day, one of them finally breaks free and no-one's life will be the same again.
Better than Chocolate Romantic comedy directed by Anne Wheeler (1999) A young lesbian falls in love and struggles to come out to her family when her mother and brother suddenly drop in to live with her. One of her best friends is a male-to-female trans woman, whom we see coping with some typical challenges of transition (disapproving family, bathroom issues, self-confidence) The film has heart-stopping portrayals of gay- and trans- bashing incidents, some subtle and not-so-subtle discrimination by straight characters, and various joyful and funny aspects of lesbian/queer subculture.
Born Queer: dear doctors
* Boys Don't Cry 1999 Kimberley Peirce, Hillary Swank, Chloe Sevigny
Breakfast on Pluto by Neil Jordan, Cillian Murphy was absolutely remarkable. I think he should have had an Oscar nomination for the performance. It was gratifying to see a "gender bending" film that ended so optimistically.
Call me Malcom A 28-year old transman, Malcolm is now a United Church of Christ minister serving at Plymouth Church in Minneapolis, and one of only a few openly transgender clergy members in the United States. Award-winning cinematographer Paralagreco served as director, producer and cinematographer on this UCC-produced feature documentary.
For more information see: http://www.callmemalcolm.com/
Container An avant-garde piece by cult Swedish director Lukas Moodysson about a corpulent man who believes that under his folds of fat, he is actually a pretty Asian-American girl
* Different for Girls 1996 Richard Spence, Steven Mackintosh, Rupert Graves
* First Do No Harm: Total Patient Care for Intersex Cheryl Chase. Boston, MA: Fanlight Productions, 2002. Based on a panel discussion, this film outlines the problems with current medical practices and argues for a new patient-centered standard of care.
Gender Trouble Roz Mortimer. Los Angeles, CA: Seventh Art Releasing, 2002. Four female-identified intersexed individuals tell their stories.
Gendernauts
Georgie Girl Directors, Annie Goldson and Peter Wells. New York: Women Make Movies, c2002. Chronicles the change of George into Georgina Beyer who was elected into New Zealand parliament.
Hermaphrodites Speak! Outspoken Video. Petaluma, CA: Intersex Society of North America, c1997. Eight people share their stories of growing up intersexual.
I Am Who I Am NEW Music Video! Lahanna
Ich Bin Meine Eigene Frau Die Lebengeschichte des Charlotte von Mahlsdorf / I’m My Own Woman: The Life Story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf. New York: Cinevista Video, 1994, c1992. German with English subtitles. A docu-drama about Charlotte Von Mahlsdorf, a German transvestite who survived the Nazis and became a gay rights leader in Germany.
* Is it a Boy or Is it a Girl
In & Out A high school English teacher is outed as a gay man by a former student while accepting an Academy Award. Comedy ensues in the teacher's private life and small town where he teaches.
In the Life- PBS profile of Betsy
Intersex ABC New York News , 2002. Discusses the social and medical controversies that surrounding people born with ambiguous genitalia and includes an interview with a physician and an intersexed woman.
Intersex Exposition: Full Monty
* Intersex: Redefining Sex Petaluma, CA: Intersex Society of North America, 2001. Families and doctors of intersex people speak on the issues.
Investigative Reports: Transgender Revolution (A&E)
Journey Intersex
Just call me Kade Produced, scripted by Sam Zolten. [San Francisco, CA]: Frameline, c2001. Family and friends react to an adolescent female-tomale transsexual’s coming out and transformation.
Long Eyes of the Earth By Laurence Brose. San Francisco: Frameline, 1990. “Explores the link between sexual identity, spirituality and creativity through an examination of the Papago Indians and their berdache.”
* Ma Vie En Rose My Life in Pink 1997 Alain Berliner, Georges du Fresne
Metamorphosis Man into Woman. Produced by Claudia Hoover; directed by Lisa Leeman. New York: Filmakers Library, c1989. Documentary about one individual’s quest for a sex change.
Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She, HBO’s trans documentary
Multiple Genders Mind and Body in Conflict Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2003. Questioning our concepts of sex and gender, this film explores the scientific and ethical concerns in treating intersexed individuals.
Octopus Alarm Austrian documentary spends two years in the life of Alex Jürgen, who, as he puts it on the film's Web site, "belongs to the two percent of people who were born without determinate sexual characteristics
Outlaw Dir. Alisa Lebow. Docudrag Productions. New York: Distributed by Women Make Movies, c1994. This documentary about the life of Leslie Feinberg, a woman who has lived for many years as a man, discusses social and human rights issues in the lives of transgender people.
Paradise Bent Gender Diversity in Samoa. Produced and directed by Heather Croall. New York: Filmakers Library, c1999. An exploration of the Samoan fa‘afafine, boys who are raised as girls, fulfilling a traditional role in Samoan culture.
Remarkable Case of John Joan Co-production with CBC Winnipeg; producer/director Morris Karp; Canadian Broadcasting Corp. New York: Filmakers Library, 1997. Documentary about a boy raised as a girl after a botched circumcision.
Sex, Unknown Produced by Andrew Cohen and Stephen Sweigart ; a BBC/WGBH Boston co-production ; WGBH Educational Foundation. South Burlington, Vt.: WGBH Boston Video, c2001. This documentary looks at gender through both a scientific and social lens as it explores the implications of imposing gender on intersexed children.
Southern Comfort Produced by Kate Davis; Q-Ball Productions, Inc. [New York]: Docurama: Distributed by New Video, 2003, c2000. Looks at the life and experiences of Robert Eads, a 52-year-old cowboy who was born female.
Straightboy Lessons A film by Ray Rea. [San Francisco, CA.]: Frameline, c1999. A female-to-male transgendered person seeks advice from a non-transgendered friend.
Sway (Australian)
* The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Two drag-queens (Anthony/Mitzi and Adam/Felicia) and a transexual (Bernadette) contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman they've contracted with is Anthony's wife. Their bus breaks down, and is repaired by Bob, who travels on with them.
The Birdcage Armand Goldman (Robin Williams) owns a popular drag nightclub in South Miami Beach. His long-time lover Albert stars there as Starina (Nathan Lane). "Their" son Val (actually Armand's by his one heterosexual fling, twenty years before) comes home to announce his engagement to Barbara Keely, daughter of Kevin Keely (Gene Hackman), US Senator, and vice president of the Committee for Moral Order. The Senator and family descend upon South Beach to meet Val and his father and "mother..." and what ensues is comic chaos.
* The Brandon Teena Story Produced and directed by Susan Muska & Greta Olafsdottir. New York: Zeitgeist Films; marketed and distributed by New Video, 1999, c1998. Documentary about Brandon Teena, a transgendered youth, who was murdered along with two others in 1993 in rural Nebraska.
* The Child with an Intersex Condition: Total Patient Care Cheryl Chase. Seattle: Intersex Society of North America, 2003.
Thelma Vincent Fleury, a taxi driver in Lausanne, lives apart from his wife and son. One night he meets Thelma, a young woman who offers him a large amount of money to take her to Crete and help her get revenge on an ex-lover. Vincent and Thelma become close during the trip, but Thelma remains a bit evasive. Vincent has trouble understanding her game, until one night, when their flirting gets slightly more serious and he finds out... that she is also a man. He is shocked and pushes her away. However, when he discovers Thelma's "other" secret, he begins to see her differently... see more at http://www.thelma.ch/
To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie After Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze) and Noxeema Jackson (Wesley Snipes) win a major New York drag contest and a trip to Hollywood, they are persuaded to take the inexperienced drag princess Chi-Chi with them. They hire a beat-up old Cadillac and set off for Los Angeles, but their car breaks down in a small town in the middle of nowhere. With just their wits and an endless supply of garish costumes, they transform the town and everyone who lives there--until homophobic cop Sheriff Dollard catches up with them...
Transamerica Written and directed by Duncan Tucker, with Felicity Huffman as Bree, a pre-op transsexual forced to take care of the son she never knew she had (Kevin Zegers) from a relationship she barely remembers from her life as a man.
Transgender Revolution Directed by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner. Q-Ball Productions. New York: A&E Home Video, 1998, c1996. Presents the stories of a number of transgender people who struggled to define and accept their gender identity.
Two-Spirit People The Berdache Tradition in Native American Culture. [S.l.]: Gender on a Stick Productions, 1991.
Unhung Heroes Produced by Lorin Fleming, Jessica Lawless, Ilya Pearlman, Kim Spragg; written and directed by Ilya Pearlman. San Francisco, CA: Frameline, c2002. Five female to male transgendered men react to an article on the availablity of penis transplants.
What Sex Am I? Joseph Feury Productions, Inc.; directed and narrated by Lee Grant; produced by Joseph Feury, Milton Justice, Mary Beth Yarrow. Oak Forest, IL: MPI Home Video, 1987, c1984. This documentary on transsexuality includes interviews with transsexuals, including Christine Jorgensen.
Yellow for Hermaphrodites: Mani's Story The documentary allows Mani Bruce Mitchell, an adult with an intersex condition to tell her poignant story of growing up in rural New Zealand. Subjected to genital surgeries at an early age, Mani takes viewers through her life, discussing both the difficult times she considered suicide and her path to healing, reconciliations, and service. By making the choice to own her identity as an adult with an intersex condition and her sense of herself as neither male nor female, Mani takes joy in her life and inspires family and friends with her strength. Mani reaches out to other individuals with intersex conditions, and through these relationships the viewers have the chance to hear the stories of other adults with intersex conditions. YELLOW FOR HERMAPHRODITES: MANI’S STORY is the winner of the prestigious Quantas Best Documentary Award in 2004. (from http://hglcf.org/2006_films/yellow.html)
You Don’t Know Dick Courageous Hearts of Transsexual Men. A Northern Light, Candace Schermerhorn production; directed and produced by Candace Schermerhorn, Bestor Cram. Berkeley, CA: University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, [1997?]. Six female-to-male transsexuals talk about their experiences.
XXXY Porter Gale, Laleh Soomekh. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2000. By examing the experiences of two individuals, this documentary challenges the practice of gender assignment surgery on infants and children.
