''Creature'' is a 1999 documentary film that was directed by Parris Patton. The film was released on June 3, 1999, and follows the life of American

transgender A transgender (often shortened to trans) person has a gender identity different from that typically associated with the sex they were sex assignment, assigned at birth. The opposite of ''transgender'' is ''cisgender'', which describes perso ...

actor, model, and club personality Stacey "Hollywood" Dean.

Synopsis

Born as Kyle Dean in a conservative area of

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, Stacey "Hollywood" Dean was never truly accepted in her high school and was always called "creature" because of her desire to become a woman. Ostracized, Stacey left her home town to go to

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, hoping to find more acceptance there. Four years later Stacey is returning home to visit with her parents in her new persona as Stacey Hollywood.

Cast

*Stacey "Hollywood" Dean as herself *Filberto Ascencio as Barbarella *Butch Dean as himself *Dusty Dean as herself

Reception

Critical reception has been positive and the documentary received praise from ''

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''. ''

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'' gave ''Creature'' four stars, praising Patton for not including a voiceover narration and saying that it was "the purest form of documentary: it simply presents its subject, lets the people talk and does no moralising or manipulation at all." ''

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'' also gave a positive review and they expected that the film would "garner strong interest from small-screen programmers and enjoy thriving vid life as an inspiration to those similarly inclined, as well as limited illumination for those mystified by the milieu." Creature premiered at the 1999

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and was later nominated for a

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for Outstanding Documentary. It received a Best Documentary nomination at the 1999

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and in 2002 was broadcast on

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References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0198385, Creature 1999 films 1999 documentary films Transgender-related documentary films 1999 LGBTQ-related films Films about trans women 1990s English-language films 1990s American films American LGBTQ-related documentary films English-language documentary films