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.
Directed by Penelope Spheeris
woman director
transgender
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Jimmie Michaels
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Penelope Spheeris
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Penelope Spheeris
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6 reviews
Vincent
9.8★ · 05/27/25
Transsexualism in suburban LA 1970s. I know me and Jimmie would've been best friends
Transsexualism in suburban LA 1970s. I know me and Jimmie would've been best friends
Neil Lantz
9.7★ · 02/17/24
so beautifully tender and vulnerable. i love how this film displays the way gender identity isn’t as straightforward as some cisgender people make it out to be.
so beautifully tender and vulnerable. i love how this film displays the way gender identity isn’t as straightforward as some cisgender people make it out to be.
