Enigma

Two legends contested their identities as women in the court of public opinion: April Ashley, who was immortalized as a trailblazer by embracing her transgender history; and Amanda Lear, who has consciously denied and obfuscated her history for decades. Their divergent paths reveal disparate but intertwined legacies.

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  April Ashley

  Self
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  Amanda Lear

  Self
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  Marie-Pierre Pruvot

  Self
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  Rebecca Root

  Narrator (voice)
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  Salvador Dalí

  Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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  David Bowie

  Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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  Tina Turner

  Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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  Jean-Paul Gaultier

  Self (archive footage) (uncredited)