I Am My Own Woman

Ich bin meine eigene Frau

German trans icon Charlotte Von Mahlsdorf tells her own, semi-fictional story in this 1993 doc-drama classic.

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Credits

  • Director

    Rosa von Praunheim

  • Screenwriters

    Valentin Passoni, Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, Rosa von Praunheim

  • With

    Charlotte von Mahlsdorf

  • Germany 1992. 91min

  • Courtesy of

    missingFILMs

  • Language

    German

    With English subtitles

Introduction

Praunheim blends interviews and dramatised sequences to chart Von Mahlsdorf’s story of survival: fictionally killing her Nazi father, becoming a DJ and furniture fanatic. The film was the first trans feature to close the Festival in 1993. This screening is a tribute to Praunheim and Von Mahlsdorf, and to the legacy of trans lives on screen and on the streets.

Jaye Hudson

Content advice

Contains scenes of transphobia and transphobic violence.

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