Brandon Teena was a handsome boy who had tremendous success with women because he always seemed to know exactly what they wanted. Perhaps it helped that Brandon Teena was born Teena Brandon, a young w...( read more  read more... )oman who desperately wanted to be a man. But Brandon lived in a small Midwestern town, where his sexual identity crisis wasn't tolerated, inciting two so-called friends to brutally murder him and two other innocents. This true story, which was the basis for the feature film Boys Don't Cry, is recounted in the award-winning (Best Documentary at both the Vancouver and Berlin film festivals) documentary The Brandon Teena Story.

This insightful film is both fascinating and horrifying, as we are treated to news footage and interviews with Brandon's family, friends, former girlfriends, as well as the two men who are in jail (one on death row) for the rape and later murder of Brandon. Throughout the film, the viewer's disgust grows as recordings of Brandon with the police department of Falls City, Nebraska, are played; when Brandon reports his rape, the questioning is turned around on him, making him the guilty party for his sexuality. Ignorance and hatred abound in the small town, although many of his ex-girlfriends are surprisingly sympathetic. While there is nothing graphic in this film, it is unexpectedly difficult to watch at moments; the drama, however, is gripping and the message an important one to hear. --Jenny Brown

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Unrated, 88 min.

Directed by: Gréta Olafsdóttir, Susan Muska

Release Date: September 25, 1998

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DVD Release Date: January 28, 2000

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  • May 23, 2009
    Wow, sounds very interesting.
  • October 6, 2008
    GREAT docu to help us understand alot about the simple thought as who are we really...
  • September 21, 2008
    the same movie as boys don't cry....maybe and maybe not....
  • May 3, 2008
    I WANT TO SEE THIS FILM SOOOOO BAD I LOVED BOYS DONT CRY AND I CANT WAIT TO SEE THIS FILM
  • February 5, 2008
    A heart wrenching story of a lost soul.
  • November 19, 2007
    Would be sad. Gosh he's hot. LOL.
  • August 3, 2007
    looks intresting its so sad what happened to him/her whichever you perfer
  • July 12, 2007
    FANTASTIC documentary. Everyone needs to see this. It is so real and it just kills me that such an amazing person like Brandon was murdered for no reason at all. He is such an inspiration. Some parts of this are hard to watch and listen to, but it is interesting and important.
  • July 9, 2007
    Boys Don't Cry was a good film, so I'd give this a watch

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  • azzahunnybee81
    February 13, 2009
    I just know that Boy's Don't cry is a true story ..but never ever know there is a documentary on it.Ya,...its a sad ending...and after see the movie I really2 hate guy..!!( not a.more..hihi )We have no right to judge other people...somemore do the cruel thing like that.For me this movie ( boys dont cry ) shows us the true karma.....reallity...a fact....a behaviour of human being ..I really sympathy on what happend to her....interesting if we know how is teena girlfrend ( forgot her name ) doin knw...coz at the end of the story she's pregnant.Correct me if im wrong ( I watch it 7-8years back.Anyway..it's a good movie ( personally )

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