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The Secret of Me review – documentary tells tragic story of childhood intersex reassignment surgery

Grace Hughes-Hallett’s film focuses on the story of Jim Ambrose, who was raised female after he was born with atypical genitals

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2025

Every Body review – eye-opening stories of intersex experience

Julie Cohen’s documentary records the stories of three campaigners who grew up in an era when ‘normalising’ surgery for children was routine

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023

Intersex folks want to "shed the shame"

"Every Body" documentary director Julie Cohen: "There's a lot of fear about anything that doesn't fit expectations"

Salon · Jul 6, 2023

‘We are literally erased’: what does it mean to be intersex?

The documentary Every Body explores the fraught medical history and forced stigma of difference through the lives of three intersex Americans

The Guardian - US · Jun 28, 2023

In 'Every Body,' a galvanizing moment — and celebration — for the intersex community

The intersex documentary “Every Body” shines a warm spotlight on a much-misunderstood community, and three of its most dauntless champions

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2023

A gunman tried to silence Gabby Giffords. A new doc shows how she recovered her voice

Ever since a would-be assassin shot her and 18 others during a meet-and-greet outside a Safeway supermarket in Tucson, Arizona, one January morning in 2011, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has struggled to speak. The bullet that entered an inch above her left eye and tore through her brain left…

Los Angeles Times · Jul 14, 2022

‘Keep moving forward’: Gabby Giffords on recovery, gun control and a new movie

The documentary Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down traces the former congresswoman’s improbable recovery and activism in the wake of a devastating shooting

The Guardian - US · Jul 13, 2022

‘Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down’ has impeccable timing - Roll Call

"Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down," a new documentary, comes during a time of interest the gun debate — and her husband's reelection bid.

Roll Call · Jul 13, 2022

'Thor' isn’t the superhero movie of the summer. It’s Gabby Giffords - Roll Call

“In terms of somebody who can face down anything … Gabby’s got Thor beat,” say the directors of “Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down.”

Roll Call · Jul 13, 2022

Gabby Giffords documentary comes as gun debates stay on center stage

The film on the former Arizona congresswoman and her recovery from the 2011 shooting explains how she navigated gun control campaigns and later a Senate campaign.

WEKU · Jun 24, 2022