I Don't Know (1971)

• Documentary
• Drama

A truly major work, I Don’t Know observes the relationship between a lesbian and a transgender person who prefers to be identified somewhere in between male and female, in an expression of personal ambiguity suggested by the film’s title. This nonfiction film – an unusual, partly staged work of semi-verité – is the first of Spheeris’s films to fully embrace what would become her characteristic documentary style: probing, intimate, uncompromising. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2014.

Rating

4.4 / 10 (5 votes)

Release date

November 9, 1971

Runtime

20m

Language

English

Director

Penelope Spheeris

Status

Released