Artist Statement:
Project Title: Boys Dont Cry. Boys Don't Cry is a film about the story of transsexual Tiffany Lewis/Brandon Teena, who was murdered in December of 1993.

More about the Artist:
Kimberly Pierce’s newest film Stop Loss is the story of an Iraqi soldier who refuses to return to war. Her 1999 film Boys Don’t Cry, an unflinching tragedy that voiced a powerful wake-up call about homophobic violence in America was called “the best American film of the year” by The New York Times, won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for leading actor Hilary Swank, as well as over 30 other society and festival awards internationally.

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