The Brandon Teena Story
Directed by Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir
Tuesday, March 5, 2002
Amherst College Campus Center Theater
7 PM
A documentary about the story of Brandon Teena (a.k.a. Teena Brandon), a young woman who felt herself to be male and so assumed a masculine identity. When her true physical gender was discovered, Brandon was brutally raped and eventually killed by two men while was temporarily living in a small mid-western town. This tale of ignorance and prejudice features interviews with those who knew Brandon as well as with her two murderers who are now on death row.
The film won Best Documentary honors at both the Berlin and Vancouver International Film Festivals, and was the basis for the feature film "Boys Don't Cry". (USA, 1998; color, 89m)
Part of the "At Human Cost" film series presented in conjunction with "The Culture of Violence" exhibit on display at the University Museum of Contemporary Art. |
