I Was Born This Way

2025 "Love is for everyone!"

I Was Born This Way

7.5 | 1h40m | en | Documentary

Surviving childhood abuse during his upbringing in Baltimore, Archbishop Carl Bean forged a path to New York and Hollywood to do the one thing he knew he was put on earth to do: sing. Making his mark first as a gospel singer, Bean got the break of his life when Motown tapped him in 1977 to record the disco song “I Was Born This Way,” which quickly became the first gay anthem at a time when it was uncommon to be out and proud. When the AIDS crisis hit, however, Bean soon found himself drawn to a different calling: compassionate activism. Instead of pursuing the momentum of his promising music career, he founded the Minority AIDS Project and the Unity Fellowship Church — the first LGBTQ+ church for people of color.

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Released: June. 05,2025 | Released Producted By: JungeFilm , w/Love Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Documentary , Music

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Cast

Billy Porter , Questlove , Lady Gaga , Dionne Warwick , Maxine Waters

Director

Jerry Henry

Producted By

JungeFilm

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Billy Porter

as Self

Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It Christmas Karma I Was Born This Way My Happy Place Disco’s Revenge The 98th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Eric André Live Near Broadway Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love Truth Be Told Queen of New York

Questlove

as Self

We Want the Funk! SNL50: The Homecoming Concert I Was Born This Way My Happy Place Rockers Don't Stop: The Revival of Rockers Revenge Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular Soul James Brown: Say It Loud Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary Bilal: Live at Glasshaus

Lady Gaga

as Self

The Lady and The Legend In Whose Name? SNL50: The Homecoming Concert Lady Gaga in Harlequin Live: One Night Only Mayhem in the Desert: Lady Gaga - Live at Coachella 04.11 2025 Lady Gaga Live at Coachella 2025 Presents: "Mayhem in the Desert" - The Art of Personal Chaos Lady Gaga: MAYHEM on the Beach Lady Gaga Live at Coachella: MAYHEM in the Desert I Was Born This Way Lady Gaga in Coachella 2025: Mayhem in the Desert - Gagachella

Dionne Warwick

as Self

I Was Born This Way 60 Songs: BBC Two at 60 Luther: Never Too Much The Greatest Night in Pop Glisten and the Merry Mission Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story Heartbreakers at the BBC Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story

Maxine Waters

as Self

I Was Born This Way Bella! Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy Fail State Jewel's Catch One LA 92 Fear of a Black Republican Straight from the Streets

Jerry Henry

Director of Photography

Jed Alan

Director of Photography

Daniel Junge

Director

Sam Pollard

Director

Tessa Malsam

Editor

Davis Coombe

Editor

Questlove

Executive Producer

Billy Porter

Executive Producer

Jamie Lee Curtis

Executive Producer

Joshua A. Green

Executive Producer

Wellington Love

Producer

Jed Alan

Producer

Daniel Junge

Producer

John Jennings Boyd

Original Music Composer

DeAndre James Allen-Toole

Original Music Composer

Travis Franklin

Production Sound Mixer

Leslie Gaston-Bird

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Gabriel Guy

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

I Was Born This Way Audience Reviews

Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.