Documentary
Australian filmmaker Jordan Bryon has been living and working as a journalist and filmmaker in Afghanistan for more than six years. After the departure of US forces, he stays to document Afghan life under the male-centric Taliban leadership. With his colleague, Teddy, he heads to a Taliban stronghold in the north-west of the country, shortly after he started transitioning. If the Taliban knew he was trans, they would likely kill him. It’s a chaotic time, for the country and for Jordan, as he navigates his transformation and looks to the future.
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The First Drop of Rain: Making MATAR
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I am a Woman
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IMDB 0 | May , 2000
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IMDB 0 | Aug , 2013
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IMDB 0 | Jun , 2007
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IMDB 3.8 | Jan , 2012
Katia Tapety became the first trans woman elected as a politician in Brazil - councilwoman for three times and one time for vice-mayor. This film is the result of a 20-day-living period with her in her small town testifyng some of her experience and the impressions of those around her.My Transparent Life
IMDB 1 | Oct , 2022
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IMDB 7.2 | May , 2017
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IMDB 7.1 | May , 2010
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IMDB 5.3 | Sep , 2022
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IMDB 7.3 | Jun , 2010
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IMDB 0 | Mar , 2023
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 2023
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IMDB 0 | Jun , 2023
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IMDB 8 | Sep , 1998
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IMDB 0 | Dec , 2023
Showgirls of Pakistan
IMDB 8 | Nov , 2020
Enter the universe of three mujra dancers in Pakistan as they dodge state censorship and violence to vie for stardom.Stormé: Lady of the Jewel Box
IMDB 5 | May , 1991
“It ain’t easy…being green” is the favorite expression of Stormé DeLarverie, a woman whose life flouted prescriptions of gender and race. During the 1950s and '60s she toured the black theater circuit as a mistress of ceremonies and the sole male impersonator of the legendary Jewel Box Revue, America’s first integrated female impersonation show and forerunner of La Cage aux Folles.Traces: The Kabul Museum 1988
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2003
The Kabul National Museum, once known as the "face of Afghanistan," was destroyed in 1993. We filmed the most important cultural treasures of the still-intact museum in 1988: ancient Greco-Roman art and antiquitied of Hellenistic civilization, as well as Buddhist sculpture that was said to have mythology--the art of Gandhara, Bamiyan, and Shotorak among them. After the fall of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in 1992, some seventy percent of the contents of the museum was destroyed, stolen, or smuggled overseas to Japan and other countries. The movement to return these items is also touched upon. The footage in this video represents that only film documentation of the Kabul Museum ever made.Games You Can't Win
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2016
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IMDB 0 | May , 2024
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IMDB 6.8 | Jun , 2022
Matt Walsh's controversial doc challenges radical gender ideology through provocative interviews and humor.