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Oct 9, 2019 · By Trish Bendix. Oct. 9, 2019. When it was released in October 1999, “Boys Don’t Cry” was the first mainstream film to focus on a transgender man. Twenty years later, it’s still the rare ...
Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 American biographical film directed by Kimberly Peirce, and co-written by Peirce and Andy Bienen. The film is a dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena (played by Hilary Swank), an American trans man who attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska but falls victim to a brutal hate crime perpetrated by ...
Oct 21, 2019 · Transgender directors and writers also work behind the scenes on hits including Transparent and Pose. At the same time, Boys Don't Cry has taken on a more complicated legacy. Some trans audiences ...
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- Lucas Silveira, Musician
- Anna Daliza, Writer and Model
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- SD Holman, Artist and Artistic Director of Queer Arts Festival / Sum Gallery
I waited to watch Boys Don't Cry until after it was released on video. I was one of the too few who knew of Brandon Teena's story before it came out, and I was concerned it would be too traumatic to watch in a public setting. I made the right decision. The first time I'd heard of Brandon was on the trashy Geraldo Rivera daytime talk show. I was 12....
When I was very young, I would go into town with my parents on Sundays to rent movies. On the few occasions we brought home a Hilary Swank flick, I remember my dad remarking on how beautiful she was. Suffice to say we had never brought home Boys Don't Cry. And in more recent years, I've avoided it based on my friends' cautions. But I watched it tod...
Boys Don't Cry was the only game in town. As a young person questioning their gender identity, I had systematically watched nearly every film I could find featuring trans women. Trans men-led media was much harder to come by. I don't remember if I even made it the whole way throughBoys on the first pass. The film seemed very dark, both in cinematog...
I sawBoys Don't Cry when I was not supposed to be up — and not at a suggested age to watch a hard R-rated film. I was 10 years old and it was an early Saturday morning. I was up before my parents were. I did not seek it out; it was a product of channel-surfing. I watched about the last 75% of it, so it took a moment to realize what it all was and t...
As a non-binary, "FTM" transmasculine person, I did not need to watch this film. The first half is long and tedious, the second half tragic and humiliating. This film does not deepen understanding of myself or of the world around me. I don't need to see violence and humiliation on a screen to know that it exists. But maybe cis people did; maybe the...
Who's your audience? This is a key question for every artist, and Boys Don't Cry is the example I often use. I don't know many queers who've watched that movie. I don't know that we need to — we've lived it. I watched it; I don't need to again. I remember the man who came with a gun to my house in Rock Creek to shoot me. We don't need a film to rel...
Jun 15, 2024 · DETROW: Written and directed by Kimberly Peirce, "Boys Don't Cry" told the true story of Brandon Teena, a young trans man searching for love and connection in Nebraska. MACLAY: "Boys Don't Cry ...
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Oct 23, 2019 · The dedication to the embodiment of trans-ness—specifically via Brandon Teena—is the great contribution of “Boys Don’t Cry.” 20 years later, we can see its faults, and there are many. But the manner in which Brandon encapsulates the excitement and the fragility of a trans life, of being observed at every moment, remains a remarkable ...
Boys Don't Cry: Directed by Kimberly Peirce. With Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III. A young transgender man named Brandon navigates love, life, and trying to pass as a boy in rural Nebraska.
