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Synopsis
Why did our nation’s top news media go from celebrating the “trans tipping point” to debating our existence? Why is the media shifting away from asking Why are trans people losing their civil rights, to Are trans people worthy of civil rights? DISCLOSURE 2 reveals how journalistic standards like stating established science and vetting data and sources of information are being compromised. The consequences of misinformation are not theoretical: Nearly half of the US have passed legislation limiting healthcare for trans citizens, and this is just the beginning. In interviews with advocates like Jelani Cobb, Laverne Cox, Masha Gessen, and Chase Strangio, and with verite footage of families dealing with these real-life consequences, D2 makes a timely intervention against the campaign to eradicate trans people from public life.
Bio
Sam Feder is a Peabody Award-nominated film director and writer. Sam created The Netflix Original Documentary, DISCLOSURE (Sundance, 2020), and is currently developing the scripted TV series, WEIMAR with Executive Producers Lilly Wachowski and Bruce Cohen, about trans life in Berlin during the Weimar Republic. Sam is also writing and directing an episode for The Netflix Original animation series, Calling All Superheroes. Sam’s films explore the intersection of visibility and politics along the lines of race, class, and gender and their filmmaking practice models inclusion and equity in the industry. Sam’s films have been programmed by Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, CPH:DOX, MOMA PS-1, The British Film Institute, The Hammer Museum, and in hundreds of film festivals around the world. Sam’s work has been supported by Ford/JustFilms, Fork Films, California Humanities, The Jerome Foundation, Perspective Fund, Threshold, IFP Film Week, Good Pitch USA/Doc Society, MacDowell Colony, and Yaddo artist residency.
Credits
Cast - Laverne Cox
Cast - Chase Strangio
Cast - Masha Gessen
