Enigma

Two legends contested their identities as women in the court of public opinion: April Ashley, who was immortalized as a trailblazer by embracing her transgender history; and Amanda Lear, who has consciously denied and obfuscated her history for decades. Their divergent paths reveal disparate but intertwined legacies.

• celebrity interview
• gender identification
• life and career
• transgender
• testimony
• trans women
• gender documentary
• documentary portrait
• biographical documentary
• gender expression
• gender exploration
• trans lifeline