Greg in Hollywood Pick of the Week: The lives of three amazing Intersex people featured in new movie “Every Body”

I know everyone is excited about the new Indiana Jones and Mission Impossible movies but I hope as many people as possible will seek out the wonderful new movie Every Body which hits theaters tomorrow. It’s a fascinating documentary from filmmaker Julie Cohen (RBG) that I found heartbreaking and inspiring.

A revelatory investigation of the lives of intersex people, the film tells the stories of three individuals who have moved from childhoods marked by shame, secrecy, and non-consensual surgeries to thriving adulthoods after each decided to set aside medical advice to keep their bodies a secret and instead came out as their authentic selves. Actor and screenwriter River Gallo (they/them), political consultant Alicia Roth Weigel (she/they), and Ph.D. student Sean Saifa Wall (he/him) are now leaders in a fast-growing global movement advocating for greater understanding of the intersex community and an end to unnecessary surgeries. Woven into the story is a stranger-than-fiction case of medical abuse, featuring exclusive footage from the NBC News archives, which helps explain the modern-day treatment of intersex people.

Below is the trailer and my Instagram post after attending a special screening of the movie earlier this week:

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