No Ordinary Man (2020)
Coming at July 16, 2021 in theaters
Documentary
No Ordinary Man is documentary film directed by Aisling Chin-Yee & Chase Joynt, and written by Aisling Chin-Yee & Amos Mac. The film stars Billy Tipton Jr., Susan Stryker, Stephan Pennington, Amos Mac, C. Riley Snorton, Thomas Page McBee and Zackary Drucker. The film primiered at September 10, 2020 on Toronto International Film Festival.
American jazz musician Billy Tipton developed a reputable touring and recording career in the mid-twentieth century, along with his band The Billy Tipton Trio. After his death in the late 80s, it was revealed that Tipton was assigned female at birth, and his life was swiftly reframed as the story of an ambitious woman passing as a man in pursuit of a music career. The genre-defying documentary No Ordinary Man seeks to correct that misrepresentation by collaborating with trans artists. As they collectively celebrate Tipton’s story as a musician living his life according to his own terms, they paint a portrait of a trans culture icon.
Directors: Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt
Writers: Aisling Chin-Yee, Amos Mac
Stars: Billy Tipton Jr., Susan Stryker, Stephan Pennington, Amos Mac, C. Riley Snorton, Thomas Page McBee, Zackary Drucker
►Cast
| Billy Tipton Jr. | Stephan Pennington |
| Holden Bernstein | Ellis David Perry |
| Kate Bornstein | Sally Jessy Raphael |
| Ryan Cassata | Carter Ray |
| Tyler DiChiara | Scott Turner Schofield |
| Zackary Drucker | C. Riley Snorton |
| Jamison Green | Susan Stryker |
| Kitty Kelly | Morgan Sullivan |
| Amos Mac | Billy Tipton |
| Skylar Marshall | Marquise Vilson |
| Thomas Page McBee | Zelda Vinciguerra |
| Diane Middlebrook | Hennessy Winkler |
