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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Jill Soloway's 'Transparent' Brings Trans Identity to TV

    The Amazon series Transparent depicts a loving but dysfunctional Los Angeles family. In the pilot,  the family patriarch announces that he's no longer going to hide his secret identity. Jill Soloway created the series. She was a writer on the HBO series Six Feet Under and she wrote and directed the feature film Afternoon Delight.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 23, 2014 • 1 min read

    The Amazon series Transparent depicts a loving but dysfunctional Los Angeles family. In the pilot, the family patriarch announces that he's no longer going to hide his secret identity. Jill Soloway created the series. She was a writer on the HBO series Six Feet Under and she wrote and directed the feature film Afternoon Delight. We talk to her about her latest project.

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    'Transparent,' Tony Hale, and Free to Be You and Me
    1. 1:42Jill Soloway's 'Transparent' Brings Trans Identity to TVYou’re reading this
    2. 15:04Actor Tony Hale on His Children's Book and Living in the Moment
    3. 26:24Showrunners
    4. 41:18Free to Be You and Me
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Jill Soloway

      TV writer and director

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    'Transparent,' Tony Hale, and Free to Be You and Me
    1. 1:42Jill Soloway's 'Transparent' Brings Trans Identity to TVYou’re reading this
    2. 15:04Actor Tony Hale on His Children's Book and Living in the Moment
    3. 26:24Showrunners
    4. 41:18Free to Be You and Me
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