The Netflix documentary Disclosure is an unvarnished look at the historical arc of transgender depictions in film and television. It is a brutally aware snapshot of how Hollywood shapes popular opinion, and in doing so stokes the fires of gender and sexual orientation anxieties that can lead to real-time violence.

“I think we can Google ‘Laverne Cox’ and see how often I respond to individuals,” says actress and activist Laverne Cox, whose new documentary on trans visibility Disclosure will release next week on Netflix.

Director Sam Feder’s Disclosure, which world premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is an ambitious, ground-breaking and nuanced examination of over one hundred years of trans representation on screen.

Laverne Cox appears in the new trailer for Disclosure, a Netflix documentary on transgender representation in film and television, out June 19th in celebration of LGBTQ Pride month.

The Netflix documentary tracks the history of trans representation in media and how that representation influenced the world's perception of trans people.

Trans representation matters, but it wasn't too long ago that a statement like this would be met with resistance. Presently, trans men and women are murdered at a disproportionate rate and people with massive platforms spew transphobic comments on a seemingly regular basis. Netflix offers up a history lesson in the power of trans storytelling for its forthcoming documentary, Disclosure, the trailer of which was released on Friday.

The groundbreaking performer followed her seven-season run on Orange Is the New Black (a role that earned her three Emmy nominations, a first for a trans performer) with appearances on Curb Your Enthusiasm and Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens. She'll next appear in Netflix's Inventing Anna and is an executive producer of the Sundance doc Disclosure, debuting June 19 on Netflix.

Laverne Cox, an Emmy winner, is an executive producer of the upcoming documentary Disclosure, premiering on Netflix on June 19.