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2008

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	The Brandon Teena story / Docurama Films ; Bless Bless Productions ; produced, shot, directed & edited by Susan Muska & Greta Olafsdottir.
Edition:	Collector's edition.
Publisher, Date:	[New York, NY] : New Video Group, [2008] ©2008
Description:	1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. digital optical video file DVD video
Summary:	Documentary film about Brandon Teena, who arrived in rural Falls City, Nebraska, in 1993 where he finds some new friends. Three weeks later he is brutally raped and beaten by friends who discover that he is actually a woman. A week later the same two men murder Teena along with two other people-- Lisa Lambert, and Philip DeVine. This is a tale of Brandon's coming of age struggle with identity and how his gender ambiguity induced feelings of betrayal, confusion and hostility among residents of a town in America's heartland. This documentary was the inspiration for Oscar-winning film Boy's Don't Cry. "To his girlfriends, he was the perfect boyfriend. To his killers, he was a freak. To the law, he got what he deserved. Ultimately, Brandon Teena became an American tragedy ... Featuring interviews with those who loved him, those who hated him, and the prison inmates who sealed his fate, as well as a new interview with the filmakers and never-before-seen footage ... [this film] is a ... tale of prejudice and hatred in America's heartland."--Container.
Target Audience Note:	Rating: Not rated.
Subjects:	Teena, Brandon, 1972-1993 -- Biography. Hate crimes -- Nebraska -- Falls City. Gender identity -- Nebraska -- Falls City. Transgender youth -- Nebraska -- Falls City. Transgender youth -- Crimes against -- United States. Victims of hate crimes -- Nebraska -- Falls City. Transgender people -- Crimes against -- United States. Transgender youth -- Violence against -- Nebraska -- Falls City. Falls City (Neb.) -- Social conditions.
Genre:	Documentary films. Biographical films. Nonfiction films. Feature films.
Other Author:	Muska, Susan, 1958- film director, film director, director of photography, editor of moving image work. Olafsdottir, Greta, 1957- film director, film director, director of photography, editor of moving image work. Morgan, Lorrie, singer. Muer, Thomas, composer (expression) Marx, Geoff, composer (expression) Docurama (Firm), production company. Bless Bless Productions, production company. New Video Group, film distributor.
Notes:	Originally produced in 1998. "Post-production support provided by the Wexner Center, Media Arts Program, The Ohio State University. ... Support for this project provided by The Jerome Foundation and nine other organizations""--End credits. Special features: Outtakes (ca. 22 min.) -- Interview with filmakers (ca. 14 min.) -- Filmmaker biographies [text feature]. One "docuramafilms" advertising booklet (51 pages : chiefly color ; 19 cm) inserted inside container. Original score by Thomas Muer and Geoff Marx ; additional camera, John Matya, Paul Hill, Helen Tschudi ; transcription, Maureen Donahue ; still photography, Greta Olafsdottir, Falls City Journal ; dramatization, Sally Sasso ; reading Lora Hirschberg ; music Lorrie Morgan and The Brown Brothers. DVD format ; NTSC ; full screen; Dolby Digital stereo. Winner, Best Documentary Film, Vancouver Film Festival ; Winner, Teddy Award, Berlin International Film Festival.
Web Site:	View cover art
ISBN:	1422913236 9781422913239 1422913236 9781422913239
Publisher Number:	NNVG114771
Other Number:	226866332
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	902463
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# System items in:	1
Call Number:	DVD 306.768 Brandon

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