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Local Filmmaker Explores Gender Identity

Claven from the documentary The Same, But Different.
Still courtesy of Lisa Marie Evans.
Claven from the documentary The Same, But Different.

Lisa Marie Evans explores the issue of gender identity, following four transgender people in the Kansas City area in her film The Same, But Different.By Sylvia Maria Gross

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Kansas City, MO – With her first attempt at a feature length documentary - Lisa Marie Evans won one of the top awards at the KC Jubilee Film Festival. That was in 2006, and she's continued working on it since then. KCUR's Sylvia Maria Gross sat down with film-maker Lisa Marie Evans, who talked about what inspired her to make this film.

The documentary The Same, But Different is screening at the Tivoli Theater on Tuesday, November the 18th at 7:30 p.m.

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