About this episode

The episode discusses the 90s Almodovar movie 'Live Flesh' featuring Javier Bardem.

We're back with an episode on the (rightfully) forgotten 90s Almodovar movie, LIVE FLESH! It's the one with Javier Bardem as an Olympic-level wheelchair basketball player and former cop. TransLifeline - https://translifeline.org/ Trans Equality - https://transequality.org/ Trevor Project - https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ Spencer - https://linktr.ee/vadahuff Logo - Andrew Bargeron - https://linktr.ee/gimetzco Music - James Fell

Topics covered

• Almodovar
• 90s film
• Live Flesh
• Javier Bardem
• wheelchair basketball
• LGBTQ+ support

Keywords

• Live Flesh
• Almodovar
• Javier Bardem
• 90s movie
• wheelchair basketball
• film analysis
• LGBTQ+

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TransLifeline, Trans Equality, Trevor Project, Spencer

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