Dawn: A Charleston Legend

Name: Dawn: A Charleston Legend
Director: Ron Davis
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-06-16
Duration: 34 min
Cast: Dawn Langley Simmons, Alexia Jasmene, Mildred Simmons, Natasha Simmons, Stephanie Riggio Bulger

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2022 · 34 min · Documentary · TMDB 8.0/10

Overview

In 1968, Gordon Langley Hall claimed he was a woman misdiagnosed as male at birth because of a genital defect. To correct this, Gordon underwent one of the first sex reassignment surgeries in the United States. Her subsequent marriage to a black auto mechanic and the mysterious birth of their daughter Natasha sent Charleston, SC society into a fury and cast serious doubts on the truth behind Dawn’s story.

Directed by Ron Davis

Cast

Dawn Langley Simmons — Self (archive footage)
Alexia Jasmene — Dawn Langley Simmons (voiceover)
Mildred Simmons — Self
Natasha Simmons — Self
Stephanie Riggio Bulger — Self