Story: EVERY BODY is a revelatory investigation of the lives of intersex people. The film tells the stories of three individuals who have moved from childhoods marked by shame, secrecy, and non-consensual surgeries to thriving adulthoods after each decided to set aside medical advice to keep their bodies a secret and instead came out as their authentic selves. Actor and screenwriter River Gallo (they/them), political consultant Alicia Roth Weigel (she/they), and Ph.D. student Sean Saifa Wall (he/him) are now leaders in a fast-growing global movement advocating for greater understanding of the intersex community and an end to unnecessary surgeries. Woven into the story is a stranger-than-fiction case of medical abuse, featuring exclusive footage from the NBC News archives, which helps explain the modern-day treatment of intersex people.
- Director: Julie Cohen
- Producers: Tommy Nguyen, Molly O’Brien and consulting producer Shana Knizhnik
- Executive Producers: Elizabeth Fischer, Liz Cole, Andy Berg, Noah Oppenheim
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Intersex activist River Gallo from EVERY BODY, a Focus Features release.
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