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Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 American biographical film directed by Kimberly Peirce, and co-written by Peirce and Andy Bienen.The film is a dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena (played by Hilary Swank), an American trans man who attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska but falls victim to a brutal hate crime perpetrated by two male acquaintances.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 September 2024. American murder victim (1972–1993) Brandon Teena Born (1972-12-12) December 12, 1972 Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. Died December 31, 1993 (1993-12-31) (aged 21) Humboldt, Nebraska, U.S. Cause of death Murder by gunshots and stabbing Other names Billy Brinson Known for Hate crime murder ...
The Brandon Teena Story. The Brandon Teena Story is a 1998 American documentary film directed by Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir. [1] The documentary features interviews with many of the people involved with the 1993 murder of Brandon Teena as well as archive footage of Teena. [2] After its theatrical release, it aired on Cinemax as part of ...
Rather, Hillary Swank played the lead role of Brandon Teena, who at the age of 21 was raped and murdered in Nebraska. His story, coupled with others like Matthew Shepard, pioneered conversations ...
Teena is played by Hilary Swank, who won an Oscar for her performance. Much of the film comes directly from a 1998 documentary titled The Brandon Teena Story, with most of the film’s characters ...
Lana M. Tisdel (born May 28, 1975) [2] is an American woman whose early life and involvement with the December 1993 murders of Brandon Teena, Lisa Lambert, and Phillip DeVine at the hands of John Lotter and Tom Nissen is chronicled in the 1998 documentary The Brandon Teena Story and the 1999 film Boys Don't Cry (which left out DeVine). [3]
Brokeback Mountain. Based on a 1997 short story by Annie Proulx, this Oscar-winning romance between two cowboys brought gay romantic love into the mainstream in a huge way. Among LGBTQ movies, it ...
Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 independent romantic drama film directed by Kimberly Peirce and co-written by Peirce and Andy Bienan. The film is based on the life of Brandon Teena, a trans man who was beaten, raped, and murdered in 1993 after his male acquaintances found out that he was transgender. Hilary Swank stars as Teena and Chloë Sevigny ...