A Filmmaker Fictionalizes to Get at Difficult Truths

Newspaper clipping originally published in the Los Angeles Times on February 7, 2000. The piece features quotes from various people associated with the production of the 1999 film "Boys Don't Cry" and is the a follow-up article to a "truth-in-movies" debate by the same author, published in the LA Times on February 6, 2000. Content warning: This item relates to the death of Brandon Teena, who was murdered and sexually assaulted as the target of gruesome anti-LGBT hate crimes. Brandon's death became a major news item, and the language used to describe his identity and depict the violence he suffered by contemporary press coverage ranges from insensitive to outright cruel.

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Identifier: 8049g527s
Collection: Brandon Teena Collection
Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
Creator(s): Harrison, Eric
Date Issued: Feb. 7, 2000
Genre: Clippings
Subject(s): All She Wanted
Aphrodite Jones
Boys Don't Cry
Brandon Teena
Drew Barrymore
Hilary Swank
John Lotter
Kimberly Peirce
Lana Tisdel
Lisa Lambert
Phillip DeVine
The Hurricane
The Insider
Thomas Nissen
Places: California > Los Angeles County > Los Angeles
Nebraska > Richardson > City of Humboldt > Humboldt
Topic(s): Anti-LGBTQ+ violence
Anti-queer violence
Sexual violence
Transmasculine people
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Related URL: https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/df65v788h
Rights: In copyright
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