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Summary:

"MAJOR! is a documentary film exploring the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a formerly incarcerated Black transgender elder and activist who has been fighting for the rights of trans women of color for over 40 years. At the heart of MAJOR! is a social justice framework that puts the subjects at the center of their story. Miss Major is a veteran of the Stonewall Rebellion and a survivor of Attica State Prison, a former sex worker, an elder, and a community leader and human rights activist. She is simply 'Mama' to many in her community. If history is held within us, embodied in our loves and losses, then Miss Major is a living library, a resource for generations to come to more fully understand the rich heritage of the Queer Rights movement that is so often whitewashed and rendered invisible. Miss Major's personal story and activism for transgender civil rights intersects LGBT struggles for justice and equality from the 1960s to today. At the center of her activism is her fierce advocacy for her girls, trans women of color who have survived police brutality and incarceration in men's jails and prisons. In October 2015, Miss Major retired from her role as executive director of the San Francisco-based Transgender GenderVariant Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP), advocating for trans women of color in and outside of prison."--Film website.

Contributors:

Ophelian, Annalise , film director, film producer

Florez, StormMiguel , film producer, editor of moving image work

Major, Miss , onscreen participant

Floating Ophelia Productions , production company, publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English
French
Spanish

Language Notes:

In English with optional English SDH, Spanish and French subtitles; closed captioned.

Main Work:

Major! (Motion picture : 2015)

Alternate Titles:

Half-title from container: Lead with your heart
Half-title from container: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

Subjects:

Major, Miss

African American transgender people — Biography

Civil rights workers — United States — Biography

Transgender people — United States

Transgender people — Civil rights — United States

Prison-industrial complex — United States

Transgender people — Effect of imprisonment on — United States

African American transgender people

Civil rights workers

Transgender people

Transgender people — Civil rights

Prison-industrial complex

United States

Genres:

Motion pictures

Nonfiction films

Biographical films

Documentary films

Feature films

Feature films — United States

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Biographies

System Details:

DVD-R; NTSC format ; widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio; 5.1 or 2.0 stereo.

Performers:

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Melenie Eleneke, Janetta Louise Johnson, Min. BobbieJean Baker.

Production Credits:

Camera, Avery Hudson, Michelle Lawler, Annalise Ophelian.

General Notes:

This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
Originally produced in 2015; copyright held by Floating Ophelia Productions, LLC.
Audience Award, Jury Special mention, Best documentary: OUTFEST Los Angeles 2016, INSIDEOUT Toronto 2016 and WICKED QUEER Boston 2016.
Public performance rights included.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; burning

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo; Dolby 5.1; Dolby 2.0

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

HQ77.95.U6 MAJ 2015 DVD

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 040201982804

OCLC Numbers:

982127181