LGBTQ+ Film History and Trans Representation in Dog Day Afternoon, 1975
Lumet, Sidney’s Dog Day Afternoon, 1975, is a New Hollywood crime drama whose bank-robbery plot brought bisexuality, trans identity, gender-affirming surgery, media spectacle, and police negotiation into mainstream American cinema. Based on a 1972 Brooklyn robbery involving John Wojtowicz, the film follows Sonny Wortzik, played by Al Pacino, as he.....
