The Christine Jorgensen Story
1970, 98 minutes
A fat hot pink border around a black and white face split in two. The left side has a short haircut and thick eyebrows like a man and the right side has chin-length hair, a barrette, shaped eyebrows, and eye-makeup, like a woman. The ad promises: The first man to become a woman! And the film title "The Christine Jorgensen Story."
Genre
drama   feature (45 min or over)  
Keywords/themes
biography   Christine Jorgensen   gender affirming surgery   adaptation   travel  
Media type
film/video  
Country of origin

United States of America

Production company

Edward Small Productions

Languages

English/English

Content Warnings
historical terms for trans that are uncomfortable to hear today, surgery
Images
A fat hot pink border around a black and white face split in two. The left side has a short haircut and thick eyebrows like a man and the right side has chin-length hair, a barrette, shaped eyebrows, and eye-makeup, like a woman. The ad promises: The first man to become a woman! And the film title "The Christine Jorgensen Story."
Description

Loose adaptation of Christine Jorgensen's autobiography. Tells the story of Jorgensen going to Denmark to have gender affirming surgery.

Laura Horak
Distribution
Full film
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