Every Body is a revelatory investigation of the lives of intersex people The film tells the stories of three individuals who have moved from childhoods marked by shame, secrecy, and non-consensual surgeries to thriving adulthoods after each decided to set aside medical advice to keep their bodies a secret and instead came out as their authentic selves. Actor and screenwriter River Gallo (they/them), political consultant Alicia Roth Weigel (she/they) and Ph.D. student Sean Saifa Wall (he/him) are now leaders in a fast-growing global movement advocating for greater understanding of the intersex community and an end to unnecessary surgeries. Woven into the story is a stranger-than-fiction case of medical abuse, featuring exclusive footage from the NBC News archives, which helps explain the modern day treatment of intersex people.
Julie Cohen is an award-winning filmmaker and producer with eight feature-length documentaries to her credit. Her films include “The Sturgeon Queens,” “American Veteran,” and “Ndiphilela Ukucula: I Live to Sing,” which won a New York Emmy Award. She co-directed the documentary feature "RBG" which had its world premiere at Sundance 2018 and has continued touring the festival circuit.
