Boys Don’t Cry

By Daniel Fritz
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/boys_dont_cry/
Kimberly Peirce's directorial debut Boys Don't Cry opened at the New York Film Festival this day in 1999. Based on the true story of Teena Brandon, a transgendered Nebraska woman, the film's brutal portrayal of rape and murder contrasts with Peirce's efforts to demonstrate the humanity of Brandon's killers.