Why Can't I Be Me? Around You
(2020, original release: 2019)

Nonfiction

eVideo

Provider: Kanopy

Details

PUBLISHED
Les Blank Films, 2019
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
11262635
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from title frames

Albuquerque’s Rusty Tidenberg, auto mechanic and drag-racing aficionado, shocked friends and family by coming out as trans. Followed for eight years by filmmaker Harrod Blank (son of Les Blank), Rusty guides us through the aftermath of her transition, as growing acceptance among her straight-talking Southwest community still doesn’t ease her romantic and professional woes. Interwoven with lively tales of gender non-conforming individuals on the art-car circuit, Blank’s film — a hit at South by Southwest — is a sensitive and unpredictable love letter to people who fight to be unapologetically themselves. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival**, **Outfest: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival**, and **Mill Valley Film Festival**

Film

In Process Record

Brandi Bosier, Harrod Blank, Lucy Hosking, Plymouth Harman Ansbergs, Rusty Tidenberg, Shevaa Deva

Originally produced by Les Blank Films in 2019

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

Additional Credits