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Disclosure

2020 · 108 min

A thoughtful, talking-heads essay that clips decades of screen history into a candid, often painful conversation about being seen.

Directed by
Sam Feder
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Laverne Cox, Bianca Leigh, Jen Richards
Tagline
Trans lives on screen
Overview
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.

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  • Netflix
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Directed by
Sam Feder
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Laverne Cox, Bianca Leigh, Jen Richards
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • media
  • gender
  • race
  • justice
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism10
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Sam Feder
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
108 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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