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The Plight of the Transgender Prostitute

REVOLUTIONARY

Inside the groundbreaking film ‘Tangerine,’ a stunning film shot on the iPhone 5s about sex work, drugs, and the plight of transgender women.

Rich Goldstein

Published Jul. 19 2015 5:15AM EDT

articles/2015/07/19/the-plight-of-the-transgender-prostitute/150710-goldstein-tangerine-tease_ltq5sf — Courtesy Tangerine

There are fewer films about Los Angeles than there should be considering how many movies are made there.

But in director Sean Baker’s Tangerine, LA is etherized upon a table, laid bare, and stripped to the bone.

Rich Goldstein

Rich Goldstein

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