Mar. 3
5:00–6:00 pm
Zoom
For decades, the life of American Jazz musician Billy Tipton was framed as the story of an ambitious woman passing as a man in pursuit of a music career. In No Ordinary Man, Tipton’s story is re-imagined and performed by trans artists as they collectively paint a portrait of an unlikely hero. Together, the filmmakers join Tipton’s son Billy Jr. to reckon with a complicated and contested legacy.
Join the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality; the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture; and the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago for a discussion of No Ordinary Man featuring filmmaker Chase Joynt, Professor C. Riley Snorton (English, Gender and Sexuality Studies), and advocate and actor Marquise Vilsón.
Registrants will receive a link to screen the film in advance of the discussion.