Disclosure: A Trans Re-reading of American Cinema
Ongoing Series
To celebrate the addition of the interviews from Disclosure to the UCLA Film and Television Archive, this series screens both the documentary itself as well as numerous films included within it as notable contributions to shaping Americans' view of transgender people through cinema.
This series also includes six short films with trans characters from the 1800s through present day.
Disclosure: A Trans Re-reading of American Cinema
UPCOMING SCREENINGS
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Gun Hill Road
Hammer Museum
An ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three year in prison to discover his wife estranged and his teenage son exploring a sexual transformation that will put the fragile bonds of their family to the test.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Hammer Museum
Author Tre’vell Anderson
A visiting city reporter’s assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.
Yentl
Hammer Museum
Disclosure director Sam Feder and producer Amy Scholder
In a time when girls were forbidden to study religious scriptures, a Jewish girl masquerades as a boy to enter religious training and unexpectedly finds love along the way.
Disclosure: A Trans Re-reading of American Cinema
PAST SCREENINGS
Disclosure
Hammer Museum
Tre’vell Anderson, Jen Richards, editor Stacy Goldate
An investigation of how Hollywood’s fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
Drunktown's Finest
Hammer Museum
On a desolate Navajo reservation in New Mexico, three young people – a college-bound, devout Christian; a rebellious and angry father-to-be; and a promiscuous but gorgeous Nádleehi (trans person)- search for love and acceptance.
The Queen
Hammer Museum
Artist and filmmaker Zackary Drucker
In 1967, New York City is host to the Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant. This documentary takes a look behind the scenes, transporting the viewer into rehearsals and dressing rooms as the drag queen subculture prepares for this big national beauty contest. Jack/Sabrina is the mistress of ceremonies, and their protégé, Miss Harlow, is in the competition. But, as the pageant approaches, the glamorous contestants veer from camaraderie to tension.
Gun Hill Road
Hammer Museum
An ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three year in prison to discover his wife estranged and his teenage son exploring a sexual transformation that will put the fragile bonds of their family to the test.
