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Dawn: A Charleston Legend (2022)

2022-06-16 · 34m · EN
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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.

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Dawn Langley SimmonsDawn Langley SimmonsSelf (archive footage)Alexia JasmeneAlexia JasmeneDawn Langley Simmons (voiceover)Mildred SimmonsMildred SimmonsSelfNatasha SimmonsNatasha SimmonsSelfStephanie Riggio BulgerStephanie Riggio BulgerSelfJohn-Paul SimmonsJohn-Paul SimmonsSelf (archive footage)Christine JorgensenChristine JorgensenSelf (archive footage)Pierre BertonPierre BertonSelf (archive footage)

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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.

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Dawn: A Charleston Legend has a runtime of 34 minutes.

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