Reenactress is a documentary about who gets remembered, and who gets to decide. J.R. Hardman is The Reenactress, and has spent over a decade portraying the women history tried to erase.
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A trailer for the feature documentary Reenactress.
Photo Credit: J.R. Hardman
Through the personal lens of filmmaker J.R. Hardman, Reenactress investigates the gender-bending women and transmen of American Civil War reenactment who crossdress to portray soldiers on the battlefield. These present-day reenactors commemorate historical women who lived secretly as men to fight in the Civil War for both the Confederacy and the Union.
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Photo credit: J.R. Hardman
Check out these short videos & photos shot on location at various historical reenactments across the United States!