Laverne Cox
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Biography: Laverne Cox (born May 29, 1972) is an American actress and LGBTQ advocate. She rose to prominence with her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, becoming the first transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award since composer Angela Morley in 1990. In 2015, she won a Daytime Emmy Award in Outstanding Special Class Special as executive producer for Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word, making her the first trans woman to win the award. In 2017, she became the first transgender person to play a transgender series regularly on U.S. broadcast TV, as Cameron Wirth on CBS's Doubt. Cox appeared as a contestant on the first season of VH1's reality show I Want to Work for Diddy and co-produced and co-hosted the VH1 makeover television series TRANSform Me. In April 2014, Cox was honoured by GLAAD with its Stephen F. Kolzak Award for advocating for the transgender community. In June 2014, Cox became the first transgender person to appear on the cover of Time magazine. Cox is the first transgender person to appear on the cover of a Cosmopolitan magazine, with her February 2018 cover on the South African edition. She is also the first openly transgender person to have a wax figure of herself at Madame Tussauds. Description above from the Wikipedia article Laverne Cox, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Mobile, Alabama, USA
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Uglies
Overview: In a futuristic dystopia with enforced beauty standards, a teen awaiting mandatory cosmetic surgery embarks on a journey to find her missing friend.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-12
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The Exhibitionists
Overview: Follow filmmaker Walter Todd over 36 deadly hours as he exploits his closest friends and family during a New Year's Eve party, exposing their darkest secrets and sexual perversions. The Exhibitionists is a pulpy exploration of the tipping point between documentary and pornography.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-22
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Power of Women: The Changemakers
Overview: Presents a intimate group of philanthropic women honored by Lifetime and Variety as some of the most powerful women working in media and entertainment.
Genres: Family Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-22
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The Normal Heart
Overview: Directed by Emmy Award-winning director Paris Barclay, this presentation, the first after Kramer's death, is also the first time the Tony Award-winning play features a predominately BIPOC and LGBTQ cast. First staged in New York City in 1985 at The Public Theater, THE NORMAL HEART went on to become the longest running play there. Dealing with the painful experiences of the early days of the AIDS crisis when everything was still mysterious, the play dramatizes the struggle among gay men over which strategies would save their lives. Larry Kramer was a distinguished novelist, playwright, and screenwriter, and a pioneering AIDS activist. In 1982, he co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis, and then in 1987, he founded ACT UP. He died at the age of eighty-four in May, 2020. He is survived by his husband, David Webster.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-05-08
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Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Overview: The one-night-only celebration honoring the life and legacy of the famed producer features intimate conversations, special performances and surprise reunions that pay homage to the man behind some of television’s greatest stories in celebration of his 100th birthday.
Genres: Documentary Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-22
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Grandma
Overview: Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her future.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-04
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Grand Street
Overview: Camilla Reilly’s elegant life has come undone. Once a fast-track film executive living in a luxurious SoHo loft, she finds herself unemployed, broke, single and suddenly homeless. Just as her cool, steely façade gives way to quiet desperation, she meets Amory, a brash young writer whose deeply personal screenplay she rejected a year earlier. Though Camilla doesn’t remember him, “Amo” has never forgotten. Over of the course of the next 24 hours, the two share a sleepless journey through the teeming streets and shadowy scenes of late night Manhattan. From downtown demimonde to uptown refinement, they edge closer to discovering their secret connection, until, ultimately, their whirlwind love story takes a fateful turn.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-02
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Musical Chairs
Overview: When his dancer partner, Mia, lands in the hospital after an accident, Armando persuades her to train for an upcoming wheelchair ballroom dancing contest.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-23
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Uncle Stephanie
Overview: A college student shoots a documentary about his colorful aunt, an aspiring cabaret star from New York City, and learns more about his family than he ever wanted to know.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-02
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The Stroll
Overview: The history of New York’s Meatpacking District, told from the perspective of transgender sex workers who lived and worked there. Filmmaker Kristen Lovell, who walked “The Stroll” for a decade, reunites her community to recount the violence, policing, homelessness, and gentrification they overcame to build a movement for transgender rights.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-01-23
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Carl(a)
Overview: Carla is a transgender person living in NYC who aspires to be a fashion designer. Making a living as a on-line sex worker Carla must deal with a family who does not accept her while she struggles with the romance of a man who loves her for who she is.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-10
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Outcome
Overview: A damaged Hollywood star must confront his demons and make amends after he is extorted with a mysterious video clip from his past.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
Overview: Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a gender ambiguous scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils her latest creation: a muscular man named 'Rocky'.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Science Fiction Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-20
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Free CeCe
Overview: This film confronts the culture of violence surrounding trans women of color. It is told through the voices of Laverne Cox and Cece McDonald.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-03
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The T Word
Overview: Documentary produced by Laverne Cox. The hour-long documentary follows the lives of seven transgender youths. They hail from New York, New Orleans and Baltimore and range in age from 12 to 24 years old, but they share common obstacles and joys.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-17
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The Trans List
Overview: A documentary that explores the range of experiences lived by transgender Americans.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-05
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Freak Show
Overview: The story of teenager Billy Bloom who, despite attending an ultra conservative high school, makes the decision to run for homecoming queen.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-12
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Time Marches Forward & So Do We
Overview: Narrator Laverne Cox takes us on an animated journey through trans history and resistance.
Genres: Documentary Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-10
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Can You Keep a Secret?
Overview: Emma Corrigan, a girl with a few secrets, thinks she’s about to die on a turbulent plane ride. She spills them all to the handsome stranger sitting next to her. At least, she thought he was a stranger. But then, her company’s young and elusive CEO, arrives at the office. It’s him. And he knows every single humiliating detail about her.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-13
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We Won't Be Erased
Overview: 42 members of the trans and non-binary communities share their stories and explain why, no matter what the current media narratives or political climate, they won’t be erased.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-22
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The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Overview: Documentary exploring The Advocate's role at the forefront of the LGBT movement in the U.S.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-01
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Promising Young Woman
Overview: A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-13
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Jolt
Overview: A bouncer with an anger management problem goes on a furious and resentful rampage after the murder of a friend.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-15
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Savage X Fenty Show
Overview: The Savage X Fenty Show gives a look into Rihanna's creative process for her latest lingerie collection. Modeled by incredible, diverse talent; celebrating all genders and sizes; and featuring performances by the hottest music artists.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-20
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Gavin Grimm vs.
Overview: In 2016, transgender teen Gavin Grimm sued his local school board after its members refused to let him use the bathroom of his choice. He was ready to take his case all the way to the Supreme Court—and then the election happened.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-21
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Charlie's Angels
Overview: Elena Houghlin is a scientist, engineer and inventor of Calisto -- a sustainable energy source that will revolutionize the way people use power. It will be ready as soon as she works out the last issue, if not it could be turned into a dangerous weapon. But when the cutting edge technology is pushed to an investor before she can do that, Elena turns to the Townsend Agency for help. Now, it's up to the Angels -- Jane, Sabina, and the newly recruited Elena -- to retrieve Calisto before it can be transformed into a weapon of mass destruction.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-14
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Bad Hair
Overview: In 1989, an ambitious young woman gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career may come at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-05-05
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Disclosure
Overview: An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-19
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Down This Road
Overview: 12-year-old Rodney embarks on a journey across New York to reclaim the love of his struggling, wayward father.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-20
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Senior Entourage
Overview: Senior Entourage is a wild, wacky "Mockumentary" comedy featuring a zany, multi-racial cast ranging in age from 9 to 90. It's "Seinfeld for seniors" starring Ed Asner, Helen Reddy, Charlie Robinson, Marion Ross and Mark Rydell
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-05-03
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Heightened Scrutiny
Overview: Amid the surge in anti-trans legislation that Chase Strangio battles in the courtroom, he must also fight against media bias, exposing how the narratives in the press influence public perception and the fight for transgender rights.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-27
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Animal Farm
Overview: A group of animals rebel against their human owners and take over the farm. Their uprising over, they are presented with a fresh set of challenges under the rule of a cunning pig named Napoleon. It’s a situation that forces them to find the courage to stand up to Napoleon.
Genres: Animation Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-06-09
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A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
Overview: Drag Race star Peppermint takes center stage in this up close and personal documentary about her journey with fame, identity, and the art of drag. Sharing her story alongside a close network of trans individuals, one of the world’s favorite drag performers takes you inside her rise from humble beginnings to her current reign as outspoken trailblazer for the trans community.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-06-26
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