The read
A Balasaur Score of 62 out of 100, drawn from TMDB 6.2/10. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
Two legends contested their identities as women in the court of public opinion: April Ashley, who was immortalized as a trailblazer by embracing her transgender history; and Amanda Lear, who has consciously denied and obfuscated her history for decades. Their divergent paths reveal disparate but intertwined legacies.
Ratings
TMDB6.2/10
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Zackary DruckerDirector
- Danny BensiOriginal Music Composer
- Saunder JurriaansOriginal Music Composer
- James NewberryOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- April AshleySelf
- Amanda LearSelf
- Marie-Pierre PruvotSelf
- Allanah StarrSelf
- Morgan M. PageSelf
- Dolly Van DollSelf
- Rebecca RootNarrator (voice)
- Salvador DalíSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- David BowieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Tina TurnerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Jean-Paul GaultierSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Themes
celebrity interviewgender identificationlife and careertransgendertestimonytrans womengender documentarydocumentary portraitbiographical documentarygender expressiongender explorationtrans lifeline