Tag: chelsea manning

XY Chelsea, a documentary about whistleblower Chelsea Manning.Produced by Laura Poitras (RISK, Citizenfour) with filmmaker Tim Travers Hawkins, XY Chelsea follows Manning as she is released from Fort Leavenworth, an all-male maximum-security prison in Kansas, for disclosing classified materials to WikiLeaks. Before leaving the White House, President Barack Obama commuted all but four months of Manning's remaining prison term. She served 7 years of a 35-year sentence.Manning, 31, came out transgender on the day after she was sentenced."Shot over two years...