By William Keck 11/21/2005 Huffman had absolutely no idea what it was like to be a transsexual. As far as she knew, she had never even met one. “I thought they were an odd minority at best,” she says. Coaching…
A fantastic leap – trans cinema’s breakthrough moment
Daniela Vega in A Fantastic Woman, which has been nominated for best foreign language Oscar Juliet Jacques Fri 2 Feb 2018 03.45 ESTLast modified on Sun 4 Feb 2018 22.05 EST During that interregnum, there had been one other significant Hollywood portrayal of a…
10 great transgender films
Find out what made it onto our list of 10 of the best movies about transgender people. Juliet Jacques Updated: 30 March 2015 Transamerica (2005) Director Duncan Tucker Unlike Wild Side, Duncan Tucker’s film did not employ a trans woman as…
Trans In The Mainstream: The State of Trans Representation and Why 'Transamerica' Remains So Important
By Dominic Clarke | /Bent July 22, 2014 “Transamerica” is nearly ten years old but it is a film that was so far ahead of its time in the treatment of transgender characters that the film world still hasn’t caught…
The Top 175 Essential Films of All Time for LGBT Viewers
BY ADVOCATE.COM EDITORS JUNE 23 2014 37. Transamerica (2005): This award-winning film, starring Felicity Huffman in an Oscar-nominated performance as transgender woman Bree, admittedly doesn’t get everything right when it comes to portraying a fully developed trans character on the…
GenderTalk #555, April 15, 2006
hosted by Nancy Nangeroni & Gordene O. MacKenzie Behind the scenes of the movie “TransAmerica,” a number of trans persons provided guidance to the filmmakers and actress Felicity Huffman. Andrea James, longtime transgender activist, appeared in the film as…
People Magazine: Oscar Insider
March 20, 2006 Vol. 65 No. 11 WE WERE THE ONES WHO… COACHED FELICITY ON PLAYING A TRANSSEXUAL To prep for her role in Transamerica, Huffman was coached by transgender activists Andrea James, 39, and Calpernia Addams, 35. “Males…
Helping Transgender Women Find a New Voice
All Things Considered MARCH 05, 2006 4:27 PM ET DOUGLAS HOPPER Felicity Huffman’s Oscar-nominated performance in Transamerica features her as a woman who used to be a man. Like many transgender women, Huffman’s character has to work hard just to sound…
The Transformation of Felicity Huffman
By Brad Balfour March 2, 2006. What research did you do? I did a lot. I am so sorry to run down the litany – but I did not know a lot about the transgendered community; as Andrea James, a…
Extreme makeovers: How did the stars of Capote, Breakfast on Pluto, and Transamerica go through such radical transformations to play their gay or trans characters?
by Michael Giltz February 28, 2006 In Transamerica the difficult challenge for costumer Danny Glicker was making a small and feminine woman like Huffman convincing as awkward at being a girl. “Felicity has a gorgeous body and is so petite,”…
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