The documentary that asks: do you actually know what you're talking about?
Just Gender tackles the little understood world of transgender people. Although Just Gender utilizes some archival footage and stills, it is largely built on a series of interviews of transgendered persons, their family members and friends, health care experts, community leaders and others who work with the transgender community. The film explores the common myths and misunderstandings about transgendered people. It also explores the confusion between sexual orientation and gender identity, as reflected in the rigid binary view of the world generally held by society. Just Gender also touches on the discrimination, hardships and brutality resulting from those misconceptions and prejudices, including the numerous deaths caused by hate each year.
Direction
Zuber lets subjects speak for themselves — radical concept, apparently.
Editing
Archival punch that lands harder than any statistic could.
Director
George Zuber
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released in 2013, the film predates mainstream trans cultural moments like Transparent and Caitlyn Jenner's coming out, making it a pre-zeitgeist document of community self-advocacy.
Bebe Neuwirth's narration was a deliberate choice — a cis, Broadway-famous voice lending authority before 'ally' was performative social currency.
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