Let Me Die a Woman
Encyclopedia
Let Me Die a Woman is a semi-documentary film
by exploitation film
director Doris Wishman
, who started production in 1972.
surgeon Dr. Leo Wollman
and various transsexuals.
Between the interviews, there are re-enactments or dramatizations of the interviewees' experiences, such as one woman who didn't wait long enough after surgery before she took a man home, and her new vagina
started to bleed because it hadn't been given enough time to heal after the surgery.
The film was released on DVD
in 2006.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
by exploitation film
Exploitation film
Exploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising. These films then need something to exploit, such as a big star, special effects, sex,...
director Doris Wishman
Doris Wishman
Doris Wishman was an American film director, screenwriter and independent film producer....
, who started production in 1972.
Plot
The film features interviews with sex reassignmentSex reassignment surgery
Sex reassignment surgery is a term for the surgical procedures by which a person's physical appearance and function of their existing sexual characteristics are altered to resemble...
surgeon Dr. Leo Wollman
Leo Wollman
Dr. Leo Wollman , was a New York doctor who assisted transsexuals with their transitions. He was one of several co-authors of the original draft of 1990 Harry Benjamin Standards of Care....
and various transsexuals.
Between the interviews, there are re-enactments or dramatizations of the interviewees' experiences, such as one woman who didn't wait long enough after surgery before she took a man home, and her new vagina
Vagina
The vagina is a fibromuscular tubular tract leading from the uterus to the exterior of the body in female placental mammals and marsupials, or to the cloaca in female birds, monotremes, and some reptiles. Female insects and other invertebrates also have a vagina, which is the terminal part of the...
started to bleed because it hadn't been given enough time to heal after the surgery.
The film was released on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
in 2006.