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Markie In Milwaukee

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Format: DVD March 9, 2021


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Fundamentalist Baptist minister Mark Wenzel decides at age 46 to come out as a transgender woman named Markie. It’s a decision that ends her 20year marriage and estranges her three children. It also sees her dismissed from her beloved church and exiled to the margins of her community. Markie works to build a new life, finding a job as TSA security agent and saving her paychecks for sexual reassignment surgery. But over the course of the following decade, she begins to question her path. She misses the births of her grandchildren and re-evaluates her faith. She also struggles to present herself as feminine at a height of 7 feet tall. On the eve of her surgery, Markie must decide whether to abandon her female identity and return to life as Mark. Drawing on over a decade of vérité footage and interviews, director Matt Kliegman makes his feature debut with a Diane Arbus-inspired observational style: at once intimate and voyeuristic, tragic and hopeful. Fascinating to watch, Markie in Milwaukee is also a timely microcosm of life in contemporary America.DETAILS:A film by Matt KliegmanExecutive produced by Larry FessendenAn Icarus Films Release 201988 minutesColorUSAEnglishMARKIE IN MILWAUKEE Review Extraordinary; heartwarming and heartbreaking. Who is Markie? A human being, in all their marvelous complexity --Hammer to Nail Intimate, compelling, and powerfully ambiguous; follows a former fundamentalist Baptist minister's midlife mission to live as her true self. --Huff Post

Genre: Drama


Format: NTSC


Contributor: Mark Wenzel, Matt Kliegman


Language: English


Runtime: 1 hour and 28 minutes


MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)


Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.56 x 5.35 x 0.55 inches; 2.72 ounces


Director ‏ : ‎ Matt Kliegman


Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC


Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 28 minutes


Release date ‏ : ‎ March 9, 2021


Actors ‏ : ‎ Mark Wenzel


Studio ‏ : ‎ Icarus Films


Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1


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    • An epic film of an inescapable issue
The movie was filmed over several years, with archival footage added. Matt Kliegman followed Mark/Markie Wenzel through tumultuous as well as good times as Wenzel struggled with GID. And this was difficult for them because Wenzel is because quite tall as well as a former minister. How can GID and these coexist? The movie shows how. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2021 by Kelly Novak
    • Markie in Milwaukee influences the world!
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I believe, in the few years that have followed Markie in Milwaukee. The film has had a great influence on the lives of people worldwide. I am grateful for the platform to be able to represent and make a difference. Peace Markie I highly recommend this work of Love to you. Peace Markie
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2021 by Markie
    • Wonderful Excellent Brilliant
Wonderful video showing the reality of the hardships being trans
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2021 by Honesty
    • TOUCHING DOCUMNTARY
I don’t know when I’ve watched a sadder documentary or a more compelling one. In the opening footage Markie Wentzel has given up on her decade long quest to transition and is in the process of destroying all evidence of his time as a woman, putting photos of herself from that period through the shredder, essentially eradicating Markie in order to become Mark again. Interviews and personal videos take us back to when Mark was an evangelical minister but secretly experimenting with makeup and wearing women’s clothing. The discovery of her basement box of dresses and suchlike by one of her children led to her coming out and in the process being rejected by her family and her church. (Fair warning: Given Mark/Markie slips back and forth between out and not I may switch back and forth between pronouns.) Being honest about herself leaves her totally alone (there are some groups she belongs to but she seems not to have built any real friendships); being dishonest had given her family and, presumably, friends; being honest leaves her alone. On the verge of gender reassigning surgery she opts to return to identifying as a man, hence the destruction of photos and packing up clothing and jewelry for the thrift store seen at the beginning. He is seen being welcomed back into his church, a welcome predicated on his dishonesty, and having a sort of reconciliation with some of his children (though apparently not his wife), similarly based on his denial. This is an astonishing and very sad film because, as the ending reveals, Mark/Markie is never going to be entirely happy in either identity and has once again resumed secret transvestism. Director Matt Kliegman met Markie by chance ten years ago at the airport where she worked (and kudos to them for supporting her transition) and has been documenting her story ever since. What lifts the film out of the ordinary is the remarkable candor of its subject, the willingness to share photos and videos and be totally open in the interviews. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2021 by Harry H Long
    • Powerful film exploring religion and gender identity
This film touched me to my core. Watching Markie explore her gender identity, work to reunite with her family, and navigate two different churches to find a religious home, this film challenged me to think about how gender and religion intersect.
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2021 by Rachel D Roegman

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