What Am I? (1980)

Years before the Gender Recognition Act of 2004 enabled transgender people to obtain some basic rights, the practical difficulties faced by those wishing to change the sex assigned to them at birth were explored in this film produced for the ATV current affairs series Format V. Touching and sometimes frank, the film looks at issues around acceptance but there are also moments of humour, such as Steve's bad luck when bumping into his mother on his first night out presenting as male. The short also features an interview with April Ashley.

Cast (1)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

April Ashley

Self

If you liked What Am I?, you might also like…

88% match

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me

2023

88% match

The Class of ‘92

2013

84% match

Directed by John Ford

1971

84% match

My Mom Jayne

2025

78% match

Come See Me in the Good Light

2025

73% match

Extremis

2016

70% match

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

2009

68% match

To Kill a Tiger

2023

65% match

Disclosure

2020

60% match

The Curse of the Dragon

1993

60% match

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

2000

60% match

28 Up

1984

60% match

The Last Repair Shop

2024

60% match

Birth of the Living Dead

2013

60% match

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

2006

60% match

Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red

2022

60% match

The Irishman: In Conversation

2019

60% match

Black Sheep

2018

60% match

What Is a Woman?

2022

60% match

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

2017