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Los Angeles:
Reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner is leading the first-ever Oscar campaign for a transgender actress Mya Taylor's supporting role in Sean Baker's film Tangerine, said the Hollywood Reporter.
Caitlyn, 66, will host a special screening of the film, which has already won Mya Gotham Independent Film Award for breakthrough Actor. She's also nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Independent Spirit Awards. (Also Read: The Speech That Caitlyn Jenner Says Was Tough to Deliver)
The Magnolia Pictures event, which will be held at Los Angeles' Landmark theater on January 4, will include a post-screening reception with appearances by Caitlyn, Mya, executive producers Mark and Jay Duplass and Baker.
Tangerine, which was shot entirely with mobile phone cameras, is an LA-based adventure story of a transgender prostitute Sin-Dee (Kiki Kitana Rodriguez) and her best friend and colleague Alexandra (Mya Taylor), as they set out to confront Sin-Dee's cheating boyfriend and his new love interest.
Caitlyn, 66, will host a special screening of the film, which has already won Mya Gotham Independent Film Award for breakthrough Actor. She's also nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Independent Spirit Awards. (Also Read: The Speech That Caitlyn Jenner Says Was Tough to Deliver)
The Magnolia Pictures event, which will be held at Los Angeles' Landmark theater on January 4, will include a post-screening reception with appearances by Caitlyn, Mya, executive producers Mark and Jay Duplass and Baker.
Tangerine, which was shot entirely with mobile phone cameras, is an LA-based adventure story of a transgender prostitute Sin-Dee (Kiki Kitana Rodriguez) and her best friend and colleague Alexandra (Mya Taylor), as they set out to confront Sin-Dee's cheating boyfriend and his new love interest.
