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Temple senior’s thesis film shares transgender experience
TEMPLE NEWS: Hansen Bursic is taking viewers back to the 1980s to tell an important story about the transgender experience. “Halloween 1987” tells the story of Cory, a gender-questioning teenager whose girlfriend, Meg, wants them to wear a couple’s costume to a...
Film student’s documentary about a rural transgender teenager’s transition shows at international LGBTQ film festival
TEMPLE NEWS: Hansen Bursic was at work the day he received a congratulatory email notifying him his documentary “The Toothmans” had been accepted into San Francisco-based Frameline42, the largest and oldest LGBTQ film festival in the world. “The Toothmans” is an...
Student director screens trans youth documentary set in rural PA
PHILADELPHIA GAY NEWS: At 20 years old, queer filmmaker and activist Hansen Bursic will be one of the youngest directors in attendance this weekend when his award-winning documentary “The Toothmans” screens at the nation’s oldest and largest LGBT festival, held...
Documentary film about transgender youth living in rural Pa., selected for film festival
PENN LIVE: A documentary film about the experiences of a transgender teenager set against a rural Pennsylvania backdrop has been selected for screening at a national LGBT film festival. The documentary, "The Toothmans," was produced by Temple University film student...