Janet Jackson to produce transgender documentary
Janet Jackson live in Johannesburg.
Image by: Nikita Ramkissoon
Image by: Nikita Ramkissoon
Janet Jackson has signed on as an executive producer of a documentary on the lives of transgender people around the world.
New York-based Brainchild Films announced that Jackson was working on Truth and would do some of the on-camera interviews. The documentary begins production this summer and will focus on the lives and struggles of transgender persons.
Jackson writes in a statement that she is working on the project to try to stop discrimination of the transgender community.
The 46-year-old sister of Michael Jackson has starred in several films and won five Grammy Awards.
Truth will be directed by Robert Jason, who previously directed a documentary for The Style Network on four transgender New Yorkers.
He says Truth will feature stories from North America, Europe, Australia and Latin America.
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