The sensationalized life and death of a jazz pianist is recontextualized by the transgender community
The life and death of jazz musician Billy Tipton was immortalized in Suits Me, the scandalizing tell-all by Diane Wood Middlebrook, which describes Billy as a woman who tricked “her” family and fans into believing “she” was a man. The genre-defying documentary No Ordinary Man seeks to correct that misrepresentation. Transgender artists collectively celebrate Tipton’s story as a musician living his life according to his own terms, painting a portrait of a trans culture icon. Featuring leading voices and breakout stars in the trans community, including Marquise Vilsón, Amos Mac, Scott Turner Schofield, Susan Stryker, and C. Riley Snorton.
2020 | TV-14 | 1h 24m
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