A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
2006 film directed by Agnieszka Holland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story is a 2006 American biographical drama television film directed by Agnieszka Holland and starring J. D. Pardo, Mercedes Ruehl, and Avan Jogia. It premiered on Lifetime in the United States on June 19, 2006. The film dramatizes the events surrounding the 2002 murder of Gwen Araujo, a transgender teenager who was murdered after acquaintances discovered that she had male genitalia.
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A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story | |
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Written by | Shelley Evans |
Directed by | Agnieszka Holland |
Starring | J. D. Pardo Mercedes Ruehl |
Theme music composer | Jan A.P. Kaczmarek |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Fran Rosati |
Cinematography | David Frazee |
Editor | Michael John Bateman |
Running time | 96 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Lifetime |
Release | June 19, 2006 (2006-06-19) |
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In 2007, the film won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Television Movie or Miniseries at the 18th GLAAD Media Awards.[1]