I Don't Know (1971)
A truly major work, I Don’t Know observes the relationship between a lesbian and a transgender person who prefers to be identified somewhere in between male and female, in an expression of personal ambiguity suggested by the film’s title. This nonfiction film – an unusual, partly staged work of semi-verité – is the first of Spheeris’s films to fully embrace what would become her characteristic documentary style: probing, intimate, uncompromising. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2014.
- Date of release
- 1971-11-09
- TMDB
- 4.4 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 20m
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- Director
- Penelope Spheeris
Casting
- Jimmie Michaels — Self
- Dana Reuben — Self
- Andy Spheeris — Self
- Linda Spheeris — Self
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