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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]
Boys Don't Cry is a biographical film about Brandon Teena, a trans man who was murdered in Nebraska in 1993. Hilary Swank won an Oscar for her portrayal of Brandon, who falls in love with Lana Tisdel, played by Chloë Sevigny.
Brandon Teena was a transgender man who was raped and killed by John Lotter and Tom Nissen in 1993 in Nebraska. His life and death inspired the films The Brandon Teena Story and Boys Don't Cry, and led to increased awareness of hate crime laws.
Boys Don’t Cry: Hilary Swank and Chloë Sevigny as Brandon Teena and Lana Tisdel (Getty) Swank has said words to this effect in several interviews over the years, always in a manner that ...
Sylvia Guerrero is the mother of Gwen Araujo, a transgender teenager who was murdered in 2002 by four men who discovered her sex. The article describes the background, confrontation, and aftermath of the crime, as well as the legal proceedings and controversies involving the defendants and the "trans panic defense".
Hilary Swank stars as Teena and Chloë Sevigny plays his girlfriend Lana Tisdel. [1] [2] Peter Sarsgaard and Brendan Sexton III portray Teena's two murderers. The film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 1999. [3] Fox Searchlight Pictures gave the film a limited release on October 22, 1999.
The 6th Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 1999, took place on March 12, 2000.The ceremony was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California, and was televised live by TNT.
A country song by Restless Heart about a man who can't forget his ex-girlfriend's blue eyes. The song was a number one hit in the US in 1988 and was covered by Chloë Sevigny in a film.