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I Don’t Know (1971) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1971 · 20 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Penelope Spheeris
- Starring
- Linda Spheeris, Andy Spheeris, Jimmie Michaels, Dana Reuben
A film, I Don’t Know chronicles the relationship between a lesbian and a transgender person who identifies between male and female, echoing the title’s theme of ambiguity. Filmed in a semi‑verité style, it marks Penelope Spheeris’s realized documentary approach—probing, intimate and uncompromising. The Academy Film Archive preserved it in 2014.
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