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This documentary covers the story of a Nebraska triple homicide, beginning with the Lincoln, Nebraska birth of Teena Brandon, a woman who later made a change of both name and sex. In December 1993, Br... read more read more...andon left Lincoln for Falls City, began dating a woman, passed a bad check, and was booked under 'his' real name. When locals learned of his true nature, they were so outraged that they beat and raped him on Christmas Eve. After Brandon filed a complaint, he was found dead on New Year's Eve, along with two other victims. Reconstructing the events (with a few short reenactments), filmmakers Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottier interviewed Brandon's family and friends and the two convicted killers (who each accused the other), intercutting TV news coverage. Shown at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 28 min.

Directed by: Susan Muska, Gréta Olafsdóttir

Release Date: September 23, 1998

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DVD Release Date: January 25, 2000

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  • Dasanui
    July 28, 2011
    Dasanui
    This movie was truly heartbreaking to watch. It's sad that this even happened,simply because people were uncomfortable within themselves and plain old ignorance.
  • streisand04
    July 12, 2007
    streisand04
    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.

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David Noh
January 3, 2007
David Noh, Film Journal International

It's absorbing, often stomach-turning stuff, but, in the interests of filling feature length, the filmmakers stretch things out too much. Full Review

Rob Gonsalves
May 27, 2006
Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com

The strength of The Brandon Teena Story is that it briefly lets us hear Brandon speak for himself. Full Review

Alex Sandell
April 1, 2003
Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

Poorly done documentary. Rent 'Girls Don't Cry' instead.

David Stratton
September 10, 2009
David Stratton, Variety

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Stephen Holden
January 1, 2000
Stephen Holden, New York Times

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Joe Baltake
January 1, 2000
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

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Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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Edward Guthmann
January 1, 2000
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle

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Jake Euker
February 18, 2007
Jake Euker, F5 (Wichita, KS)

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Emanuel Levy
July 3, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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