I Was Born This Way (2025)

Özet

Surviving childhood abuse during his upbringing in Baltimore, Archbishop Carl Bean forged a path to New York and Hollywood to do the one thing he knew he was put on earth to do: sing. Making his mark first as a gospel singer, Bean got the break of his life when Motown tapped him in 1977 to record the disco song “I Was Born This Way,” which quickly became the first gay anthem at a time when it was uncommon to be out and proud. When the AIDS crisis hit, however, Bean soon found himself drawn to a different calling: compassionate activism. Instead of pursuing the momentum of his promising music career, he founded the Minority AIDS Project and the Unity Fellowship Church — the first LGBTQ+ church for people of color.

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• Carl Bean

  Self (archive footage)

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  Billy Porter

  Self

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  Questlove

  Self

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  Lady Gaga

  Self

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  Dionne Warwick

  Self

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  Maxine Waters

  Self

Ekip

Yönetmen

Sam Pollard, Daniel Junge

Yapımcı

Wellington Love, Jed Alan, Daniel Junge

Yönetici yapımcı

Questlove, Billy Porter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Joshua A. Green

Görüntü yönetmeni

Jerry Henry, Jed Alan

Müzik

John Jennings Boyd, DeAndre James Allen-Toole

Kurgu

Tessa Malsam, Davis Coombe