OFFICIAL SELECTIONS -
WINNER - Best Canadian Film - Inside Out (Toronto)
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS -
NOMINEE
- Best Canadian Film - Toronto International Film Festival
- Best Documentary Feature - Philadelphia Film Festival
No Ordinary Man
Thursday December 3rd 2020, 12:00 am
Film Details
Runtime: 84 mins
Language: English
Director: Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt
Country: Canada, 2020
Genre: Documentary, Historical, Trans
STREAMING December 3rd - 6th
GLBT Festival Premiere
For decades, the life of American Jazz musician Billy Tipton was framed as the story of an ambitious woman passing as a man in pursuit of a music career. In No Ordinary Man, Tipton’s story is re-imagined and performed by trans artists as they collectively paint a portrait of an unlikely hero. Together, the filmmakers join Tipton’s son Billy Jr. to reckon with a complicated and contested legacy: how do you tell the story of someone who was hiding in plain sight yet desperate to be seen?
GLBT Festival Premiere
For decades, the life of American Jazz musician Billy Tipton was framed as the story of an ambitious woman passing as a man in pursuit of a music career. In No Ordinary Man, Tipton’s story is re-imagined and performed by trans artists as they collectively paint a portrait of an unlikely hero. Together, the filmmakers join Tipton’s son Billy Jr. to reckon with a complicated and contested legacy: how do you tell the story of someone who was hiding in plain sight yet desperate to be seen?
Q&A with 'No Ordinary Man' Co-Director, Chase Joynt, and Co-Writer Amos Mac with OUTshine Executive Director, Victor Gimenez.
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