Institute History
Description
Soldier, trans woman and prisoner, Chelsea Manning has launched an appeal against the U.S. Military, challenging a 35-year sentence given after she disclosed almost 700,000 U.S. military and diplomatic documents. Incarcerated in an all-male military prison in Kansas, she is also undergoing hormone replacement therapy to transition to the female gender she has identified with all her life. This is a fight for Chelsea’s identity: her character, her integrity, and her humanity. Told from Chelsea’s perspective, through an intimate prison diary, XY Chelsea will provide an unique view of one of the most important stories of the 21st century and an ongoing legal battle that has implications for us all.
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As you use our Online Archives, please understand that the information presented from Festivals, Labs, and other activities is taken directly from official publications from each year. While this information is limited and doesn't necessarily represent the full list of participants (e.g. actors and crew), it is the list given to us by the main film/play/project contact at the time, based on the space restrictions of our publications. Each entry in the Online Archives is meant as a historical record of a particular film, play, or project at the time of its involvement with Sundance Institute. For this reason, we can only amend an entry if a name is misspelled, or if the entry does not correctly reflect the original publication.
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