BBC Documentaries

Free Cece (2018x21)

Uitzenddatum: Jan 28, 2018

Actress Laverne Cox follows the case of Chrishaun Reed “CeCe” McDonald. On an outing with a group of friends, CeCe, a transgender woman of colour, was brutally attacked. As she tried to defend herself, a man was killed. CeCe was arrested for murder and incarcerated in a men’s prison in Minnesota. Laverne Cox explores the role of race, class, and gender in CeCe’s case and follows its progression and the fight against injustice, as CeCe emerges both as a survivor and as a leader.