Let Me Die a Woman
Appearance
Let Me Die a Woman | |
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Directed by | Doris Wishman |
Produced by | Doris Wishman |
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Running time | 79 min |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Let Me Die a Woman is a 1978 semidocumentary film concerning the lives of transgender people, directed and produced by the exploitation film auteur Doris Wishman.[1]
Plot
The film contains interviews with the gender dysphoria pundit and caregiver Dr. Leo Wollman as well as transgender people, including the transgender rights activist Deborah Hartin. Between the interviews, there are staged dramatizations of the interviewees' experiences.
Reception
DVD Talk said of the film, "jaw-droppingly divine, completely original and purposefully obtuse, Let Me Die a Woman has long been the Mount Everest of many a Wishman fan. Who knew finding it and finally climbing it would be so remarkably rewarding."[2]
See also
- List of transgender characters in film and television
- "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina", a South Park episode which used footage from the documentary during a sex change operation sequence.
References
- ^ "Let Me Die a Woman". The New York Times. 13 November 2012. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ Gibron, Bill. "Let Me Die a Woman". DVD Talk. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
External links
Categories:
- 1978 films
- 1970s English-language films
- Transgender-related documentary films
- 1978 LGBT-related films
- American sexploitation films
- Films directed by Doris Wishman
- 1970s exploitation films
- 1978 documentary films
- Films about trans women
- 1970s American films
- American LGBT-related documentary films
- LGBTQ-related documentary film stubs
- Exploitation film stubs