CinemaOSMovie · 2022 · 0h 34m

Dawn: A Charleston Legend

80%(1)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Directed byRon Davis

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 34m
Language
EN
Released
June 16, 2022
Studios
Docutainment Films

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Dawn: A Charleston Legend | Trailer | Revry

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Cast & crew

8 credited
Starring

Dawn Langley Simmons

Self (archive footage)

Alexia Jasmene

Dawn Langley Simmons (voiceover)

Mildred Simmons

Self

Natasha Simmons

Self

Stephanie Riggio Bulger

Self

John-Paul Simmons

Self (archive footage)

Christine Jorgensen

Self (archive footage)

Pierre Berton

Pierre Berton

Self (archive footage)

Creative team
Directed by
Ron Davis
Produced by
Nancy Knox Talcott

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