Movie Description
Dawn: A Charleston Legend
(2022)Overview
In 1968, Gordon Langley Hall claimed he was a woman misdiagnosed as male at birth because of a genital defect. To correct this, Gordon underwent one of the first sex reassignment surgeries in the United States. Her subsequent marriage to a black auto mechanic and the mysterious birth of their daughter Natasha sent Charleston, SC society into a fury and cast serious doubts on the truth behind Dawn’s story.
Featured Crew
- Director : Ron Davis
- Producer : Nancy Knox Talcott
- Editor : Paula Heredia
- Cast : Dawn Langley Simmons,Alexia Jasmene,Mildred Simmons,Natasha Simmons,Stephanie Riggio Bulger,John-Paul Simmons,Christine Jorgensen,Pierre Berton
Cast
Self (archive footage)
Dawn Langley Simmons (voiceover)
Self
Self
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Posters
Recommendations
Disclosure
7.82
The Cheshire Murders
6.518
180° South
7.2
I Am Divine
7.301
Extremis
6.954
The Class of ‘92
7.1
Maternal Instinct
7.153
The Secret
6.595
My Mom Jayne
8.009
Tricked: The Documentary
6.147
Seduced and Abandoned
6.206
What Is a Woman?
6.872
Looking for Richard
6.815
Facts
Original TitleDawn: A Charleston Legend
Status Released
Release Information
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2022-06-16
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 34m
Production CompaniesDocutainment Films
Genres
- Documentary
