Disclosure

Name: Disclosure
Genre: Documentary
Released: June 19, 2020
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Alexandra Billings, Bianca Leigh, Brian Michael, Candis Cayne, Chaz Bono

2020

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Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): June 19, 2020 | TV-MA

Starring: Alexandra Billings, Bianca Leigh, Brian Michael, Candis Cayne, Chaz Bono, Jamie Clayton, Jen Richards, Laverne Cox, Lilly Wachowski, Michael D. Cohen, Nick Adams, Sandra Caldwell, Ser Anzoategui, Susan Stryker, Tiq Milan, Tre'vell Anderson, Yance Ford

Summary: Disclosure is an unprecedented, eye-opening look at transgender depictions in film and television, revealing how Hollywood simultaneously reflects and manufactures our deepest anxieties about gender. Leading trans thinkers and creatives, including Laverne Cox, Lilly Wachowski, Yance Ford, MJ Rodriguez, Jamie Clayton, and Chaz Bono, shareDisclosure is an unprecedented, eye-opening look at transgender depictions in film and television, revealing how Hollywood simultaneously reflects and manufactures our deepest anxieties about gender. Leading trans thinkers and creatives, including Laverne Cox, Lilly Wachowski, Yance Ford, MJ Rodriguez, Jamie Clayton, and Chaz Bono, share their reactions and resistance to some of Hollywood’s most beloved moments. [Netlfix]… Expand

Director: Sam Feder

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 108 min

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Gary Goldstein

Jun 18, 2020

An engrossing, smartly contextual look at the history of transgender depictions in film and television. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Jun 19, 2020

This Netflix documentary will undoubtedly help more people understand how transgender people have seen themselves represented in Hollywood — it brings everyone together with its critical eye. Read full review

Norman Gidney

Jun 18, 2020

Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen not only leaves us with the hope that things will improve, but it also shows us how much better the industry is when everyone is included, represented, and respected. Here’s to a brighter, more diverse future for all trans actors. Read full review

Empire Ben Travis

Jun 23, 2020

A captivating and comprehensive overview of trans representations in the media that everyone should add to their Netflix watchlist. Read full review

IndieWire Jude Dry

Jun 18, 2020

Perhaps what is most radical about Disclosure is the wide array of trans spirits both onscreen and off. In making the film, Feder and Cox are rewriting the very history they set out to tell, adding one more title to “positive representation” list. That alone is worth coming out for. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jun 25, 2020

If you don’t like buzzwords or self-“actualization” jargon, Disclosure is going to be a hard pill to swallow. It’s a film awash in actresses, activists, models and historians (overwhelmingly trans female), almost all of them using this new nomenclature that the public at large is struggling to catch up with. Read full review

The Film Stage Joshua Encinias

Jul 7, 2020

What the documentary overlooks, or mythologizes, only hurts the historical record of positive trans representation. Read full review

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Emjavier21

Jul 31, 2020

So beautiful, heartbreaking and wonderful at the same time... TRANS RIGHTS.

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BrennaC

Nov 23, 2020

Absolutely amazing. This really helped me understand trans people and their beauty. Also thoroughly addressed how entertainment formed so many biases among society against transness, especially trans women. I was able to confront so many unconscious biases I've had. I'm going to go watch theAbsolutely amazing. This really helped me understand trans people and their beauty. Also thoroughly addressed how entertainment formed so many biases among society against transness, especially trans women. I was able to confront so many unconscious biases I've had. I'm going to go watch the amazing mentioned movies with actual trans representation!… Expand

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thwewjej

Jul 4, 2020

disappointing, boring and overall not a good film its lacking in visuals and story.

2 of 4 users found this helpful22

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