Transgender-related documentary films

Paris Is Burning

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1991 IMDB Rating: 8.2

Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx H...

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Born to Be

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2019 IMDB Rating: 8.1

Soon after New York state passed a 2015 law that health insurance should cover transgender-related care and services, director Tania Cypriano and producer Michelle Hayashi began bringing their cameras...

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TransGeneration

Series Age rating: n/a Year: 2005 IMDB Rating: 7.9

TransGeneration is an eight episode documentary series depicting the lives of four transgender college students during the 2004/2005 school year as they attempt to balance college, their social lives,...

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Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2004 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Andy Warhol described Jackie Curtis as “A pioneer without a frontier.” In this biographical documentary, Curtis’s co-workers and friends speak of her work and her influence, along with clips from Curt...

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Clean

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2022 IMDB Rating: 7.4

When illness forces her away from her beloved trauma cleaning business, Sandra Pankhurst faces up to her traumatic past and begins a search for her birth mother.

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Kumu Hina

Film Age rating: 19 Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 7.3

A transgender Native Hawaiian teacher inspires a young girl to fulfill her destiny of leading the school's male hula troupe, even as she struggles to find love and a committed relationship in her own...

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Beautiful Darling

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2010 IMDB Rating: 7.3

James Rasin's documentary “Beautiful Darling” honors American Transgender actress and best-known Warhol Superstar, Candy Darling, and her all-too-brief life and career, with a combination of current a...

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Hookers on Davie

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1984 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Filmmakers Holly Dale and Janis Cole explore the culture of Davie Street, located in the underbelly of Vancouver, where dozens of prostitutes work and live every day. Surprisingly, they find that the...

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The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Describing herself as a 'street queen,' Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto and a tireless voice for LGBT pride since the days of Stonewall, who along with fellow trans icon...

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