Boys Don't Cry

Director: Kimberly Peirce

Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Starring: Hilary Swank, Chloe Sevigny
Director: Kimberly Peirce

Synopsis: Stunning, absorbing drama based on true story of Brandon Teena, a woman who lived his/her life predominantly as a man, a decision which led to love and murder. Groundbreaking, one-of-a-kind film is an acting and directing tour-de-force.

Runtime: 114 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Genre: Drama

Quotes from the Class Discussion Forum:

"this is one of the biggest films produced about transgendered characters and its a big step to have an actress win awards for appearing so convincingly as a struggled transgendered male in a film...not that the oscars are the be all end all of life, but it does say something about the acceptablitly of transgenderism as a subject of both film and conversation."

-jdgard

"Feeling bleak and pessimistic, I yelled back at the screen, “Hope? Where was the hope in that?” Having had some time to digest the film and think about it some more, I have to admit the featurette was right all along. Though Boys Don’t Cry deals with horrible and tragic material, the movie itself doesn't want to be viewed as a tragedy."

-ara23