I Was Born This Way

MusicDocumentary

2025, Movie, 1h 40min

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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Critic Sabina Dana Plasse

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...offers a past, present, and future within a structure and narrative that showcases an incredible history and highlights the importance of visionaries with an undying ability to push forward in the bleakest situations.

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