In June, Focus Features will release Oscar-nominated director Julie Cohen’s “Every Body,” a documentary about three intersex individuals. It is estimated that up to 1.7% of the world’s populat…
It is estimated that up to 1.7% of the world’s population is born with intersex traits, according to the U.N.’s Human Rights Office. The term intersex is used to describe people born with physical sex characteristics that do not fit typical definitions of male or female. These traits may be evident at birth, emerge at puberty, or become apparent later in life.
Gallo, Weigel and Wall are now leaders in a fast-growing global movement advocating for a greater understanding of the intersex community and an end to unnecessary surgeries. The doc features footage from the NBC News archives outlining past medical abuse to help explain the modern-day treatment of intersex people.
In 2019 Cohen received an Academy Award nomination for “RBG,” which she co-directed with Betsy West. Cohen and West’s most recent doc collaborations include “Julia” and “Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down” . Cohen’s solo directed projects include “The Sturgeon Queens” and “Ndiphilela Ukucula: I Live to Sing.” Before starting her own production company, Better Than Fiction, Cohen was a producer for “Dateline NBC.
And for her part, Molly O’Brien, NBC News Studios head of documentary, praised “long-time colleague Julie Cohen, whose ease and dexterity as a director, and ability to always find the love, truly set her films apart.”
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