No Ordinary Man

Name: No Ordinary Man
Genre: Documentary
Released: July 16, 2021
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Amos Mac, Billy Tipton Jr., Holden Bernstein, Jamison Green, Kate Bornstein

2021

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Oscilloscope | Release Date: July 16, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Amos Mac, Billy Tipton Jr., Holden Bernstein, Jamison Green, Kate Bornstein, Kitty Kelly, Ryan Cassata, Skylar Marshall, Tyler DiChiara, Zackary Drucker

Summary: American jazz musician Billy Tipton developed a reputable touring and recording career in the mid-twentieth century, along with his band The Billy Tipton Trio. After his death in the late 80s, it was revealed that Tipton was assigned female at birth, and his life was swiftly reframed as the story of an ambitious woman passing as a man inAmerican jazz musician Billy Tipton developed a reputable touring and recording career in the mid-twentieth century, along with his band The Billy Tipton Trio. After his death in the late 80s, it was revealed that Tipton was assigned female at birth, and his life was swiftly reframed as the story of an ambitious woman passing as a man in pursuit of a music career. The genre-defying documentary No Ordinary Man seeks to correct that misrepresentation by collaborating with trans artists. As they collectively celebrate Tipton’s story as a musician living his life according to his own terms, they paint a portrait of a trans culture icon.… Expand

Director: Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 83 min

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The Film Stage Orla Smith

Jul 14, 2021

No Ordinary Man is ultimately a melancholy look at how far things have or have not come for trans people since Billy Tipton’s death. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Jul 16, 2021

A fascinating deconstruction of history, culture, and identity, No Ordinary Man raises so many crucial questions — and answers them so thoughtfully — that it moves beyond entertainment into the realm of essential text. It belongs, equally, in theaters, streaming queues, and classrooms. Read full review

Brad Wheeler

Apr 13, 2021

Tender, topical and well-crafted, No Ordinary Man is no ordinary film. Read full review

Richard Brody

Jul 19, 2021

No Ordinary Man challenges the very basis of cultural production, eschewing the familiar accumulation of biographical and historical information and instead questioning the process by which such information is gathered. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Carlos Aguilar

Jul 16, 2021

Co-directors Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt exalt the professional and personal life of Jazz musician Billy Tipton in No Ordinary Man, and avoid simplification of the trans masculine experience. Read full review

Teo Bugbee

Jul 15, 2021

This is a respectful tribute that is a shade too morally and cinematically safe in its execution. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Jul 26, 2021

There’s one big problem about No Ordinary Man: The Billy Tipton Documentary: It’s not really about Billy Tipton. Instead, it’s about how transgender representation is perceived in the media, chiefly between 1989, when Tipton died, and current times. Read full review

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