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Synopsis: MAJOR! is a documentary film exploring the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a formerly incarcerated Black transgender elder and activist who has been fighting for the rights of trans women of color for over 40 years. Miss Major is a veteran of the Stonewall Rebellion and a survivor of Attica State Prison, a former sex worker, an elder, and a community leader and human rights activist. She is simply "Mama" to many in her community. Miss Major's personal story and activism for transgender civil rights intersects LGBT struggles for justice and equality from the 1960s to today. At the center of her activism is her fierce advocacy for her girls, trans women of color who have survived police brutality and incarceration in men's jails and prisons. MAJOR! is more than just a biographical documentary: It's an investigation into critical issues of how the Prison Industrial Complex represents a wide-spread and systematic civil rights violation, as well as a historical portrait of d
Director(s): Annalise Ophelian
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IMDB:
7.6
Year:
2015
95 min
141 Views


Since I've been out

she's been there for me 100%,

she immediately

got me involved in TGIJP.

Major walk

and it is what it is and do

what you

So she relates

and she understands

and she just accepts.

It's what every family

should be.

It's the definition

of unconditional love,

no matter what.

Coming from Africa

and being broken and so forth,

Miss Major, she gave me hope.

She showed me how to be a lady.

She showed me how to dress.

From people calling me

a football player now

they call me look

at that sexy b*tch.

I'm a product of TGI Justice.

And now when I write

the children that are in jails

and prison and they read

my story and see I did

three years in immigration

prison and I did one year

in San Quentin.

And I made it through.

I've seen her sit up there

and buy money orders, and

put money on people's books,

go see them.

I'm like, you don't

even know these people!

Yes I do, they're trans,

and they're in jail.

That's enough.

And that spend a mile

in my shoes, f*** my shoes.

Wear my dress, my wig,

my hair, my perfume,

and then go out there.

And after you get beat up

a couple of times

and you come back here

to catch your breath,

you may not even be safe

in your own home because

the motherf***er you sleeping

with didn't get high yet

and he's gonna kick

your ass because

you don't have enough money.

We need to make

the girls feel safe.

Especially TGIJP, because

we understand what it's like,

we have three girls

who are helping me to run this

who just got out of prison.

And we're trying

to help other girls,

to get them in that position.

Because it is so empowering

to stand on your own two feet

with nobody holding you,

and there you are.

You know what I mean,

godammit that's

the most wonderful thing

you can think of.

I was born in Chicago Illinois

in 194mmmm.

My mother's name was

Edgar Mae Griffin-Gracy.

My father's name was

Leroy Rudolph Gracy.

They called my father Honey,

that was his name.

And my mother,

most people called her Lulu.

On my birth certificate,

it's Major Gracy.

And I took on Griffin

because that was

my mother's maiden name.

And I wanted her to be

a part of who I was.

So I'd heard that

in Latin countries

you had both names, so I thought

oh okay, that will work for me!

And then I liked the way

it sounded,

Major Griffin-Gracy,

that's so cool.

So that's how I wound up

back at being Miss Major.

I don't remember what year

it was, but I'm 73.

I've had six

different birthdays,

all of them in October,

all around the 25th,

the only thing that changed

is the year, from 40 to 49,

so somewhere in there

is an age I'm actually at.

And who cares, you know?

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