
Behind Every Good Man
1967·Documentary·8m
7.1
★
Behind Every Good Man provides a glimpse into the life of an African American transgender woman in 1960s Los Angeles.
Directed by Nick Elliot
drag
transgender men

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What a beauty to be seen. You can clearly tell that the movie is made by a cis person who doesn't have a large understanding about the reality of being trans, but it is subtle, it is sincere, and it is honest nonetheless, and that must not go unnoticed.
What a beauty to be seen. You can clearly tell that the movie is made by a cis person who doesn't have a large understanding about the reality of being trans, but it is subtle, it is sincere, and it is honest nonetheless, and that must not go unnoticed.
Vincent
7.7★ · 06/07/25

"I'd like to live a happy life."
"I'd like to live a happy life."
dee
10.0★ · 03/18/24

One thing i wanna say is that i loved the absolute confidence that she like the amount of guts it took her to walk down those streets knowing that in that decade it was horrible for so many queer folks and minorities and her being both black and a trans woman i just admire that so much such a beautiful soul who i hope got to live out her life so freely and got to be heels and express who she was! ❤️
One thing i wanna say is that i loved the absolute confidence that she like the amount of guts it took her to walk down those streets knowing that in that decade it was horrible for so many queer folks and minorities and her being both black and a trans woman i just admire that so much such a beautiful soul who i hope got to live out her life so freely and got to be heels and express who she was! ❤️
Sepia GorePRO

I can’t believe how more then 50 years later this still resonates. I cannot disclose too deeply but right now I am traveling and in the country I am at as of writing this there’s a real potential danger to me and my family if I were to dressed up as who I really am. The dysphoria and anxiety these pass few days have really hindered my experience here especially since I didn’t want to come to begin with but because of business and personal reasons I had to. Much like life I suppose. But watching this short in the morning, knowing I’ll have to inhabit the skin and appearance of something am not soon after fills me with equal despair but hope that it will end just as soon enough; 3 more days. This short film isn’t perfect but even through the dated terminology and flawed outlining, Behind Every Good Man’s empathy is well adjusted and precise, the camera lets the subject inhabit the space instead of vice versa and what you get feels like a message in a bottle from half a century ago. Sometimes I feel like being trans is a curse, films like this are not just needed but are necessary because at the very least they remind that not all pain is without meaning and not all beauty is without birth and if birth is painfully beautiful, rebirth can only be more beautifully painful.
I can’t believe how more then 50 years later this still resonates. I cannot disclose too deeply but right now I am traveling and in the country I am at as of writing this there’s a real potential danger to me and my family if I were to dressed up as who I really am. The dysphoria and anxiety these pass few days have really hindered my experience here especially since I didn’t want to come to begin with but because of business and personal reasons I had to. Much like life I suppose. But watching this short in the morning, knowing I’ll have to inhabit the skin and appearance of something am not soon after fills me with equal despair but hope that it will end just as soon enough; 3 more days. This short film isn’t perfect but even through the dated terminology and flawed outlining, Behind Every Good Man’s empathy is well adjusted and precise, the camera lets the subject inhabit the space instead of vice versa and what you get feels like a message in a bottle from half a century ago. Sometimes I feel like being trans is a curse, films like this are not just needed but are necessary because at the very least they remind that not all pain is without meaning and not all beauty is without birth and if birth is painfully beautiful, rebirth can only be more beautifully painful.
Sepia GorePRO

I can’t believe how more then 50 years later this still resonates. I cannot disclose too deeply but right now I am traveling and in the country I am at as of writing this there’s a real potential danger to me and my family if I were to dressed up as who I really am. The dysphoria and anxiety these pass few days have really hindered my experience here especially since I didn’t want to come to begin with but because of business and personal reasons I had to. Much like life I suppose. But watching this short in the morning, knowing I’ll have to inhabit the skin and appearance of something am not soon after fills me with equal despair but hope that it will end just as soon enough; 3 more days. This short film isn’t perfect but even through the dated terminology and flawed outlining, Behind Every Good Man’s empathy is well adjusted and precise, the camera lets the subject inhabit the space instead of vice versa and what you get feels like a message in a bottle from half a century ago. Sometimes I feel like being trans is a curse, films like this are not just needed but are necessary because at the very least they remind that not all pain is without meaning and not all beauty is without birth and if birth is painfully beautiful, rebirth can only be more beautifully painful.
I can’t believe how more then 50 years later this still resonates. I cannot disclose too deeply but right now I am traveling and in the country I am at as of writing this there’s a real potential danger to me and my family if I were to dressed up as who I really am. The dysphoria and anxiety these pass few days have really hindered my experience here especially since I didn’t want to come to begin with but because of business and personal reasons I had to. Much like life I suppose. But watching this short in the morning, knowing I’ll have to inhabit the skin and appearance of something am not soon after fills me with equal despair but hope that it will end just as soon enough; 3 more days. This short film isn’t perfect but even through the dated terminology and flawed outlining, Behind Every Good Man’s empathy is well adjusted and precise, the camera lets the subject inhabit the space instead of vice versa and what you get feels like a message in a bottle from half a century ago. Sometimes I feel like being trans is a curse, films like this are not just needed but are necessary because at the very least they remind that not all pain is without meaning and not all beauty is without birth and if birth is painfully beautiful, rebirth can only be more beautifully painful.