Ithaca College

The Out of the Closet and Onto the Screen film series at Ithaca College concludes its spring program with a showing of Beautiful Daughters, a documentary chronicling the creation of the first all-transgender production of Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues. Filmmaker Josh Aronson will present his work on Tuesday, April 15, at 7:00 p.m. in Textor 102. [The event was postponed from an earlier date in February.]

The documentary tells the story of a very special production of the Vagina Monologues by transgender women, in collaboration with Eve Ensler herself. All of the cast members were born as boys; some were still living in stealth and chose this performance and their appearance in Beautiful Daughters to come out of the closet.

From the initial interviews with the cast, through weeks of auditions and rehearsals, opening night jitters, a star-studded Hollywood audience, and then the performance itself, Beautiful Daughters captures it all in a one-hour film.

Aronson will introduce his film and hold a Q&A session about this groundbreaking project. He has completed numerous documentaries and directed hundreds of commercials and music videos. Prior to working in film, he was a photo correspondent for Time-Life and other journals. He is a concert pianist and regularly plays chamber music in New York and at Telluride MusicFest, the chamber music festival he co-founded.

The Out of the Closet and Onto the Screen film series is sponsored by the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Education, Outreach, and Services. For more information, visit
www.ithaca.edu/lgbt.

The screening is free and open to the public.