Overview
- ZDF’s feature-length biopic, which aired Wednesday at 20:15 on Germany’s public broadcaster, is also available to stream in the network’s online library.
- The film adapts Jones’ autobiography to portray a childhood marked by bullying, physical attacks and deep crises, and follows her move to Hamburg and rise as a drag performer and activist.
- Jones says she reconciled with her mother after years of strain and credits therapy and coaching with helping her process trauma, urging parents to support queer children.
- In new interviews tied to the premiere, Jones warns that right‑wing groups and anti‑LGBTQ violence are growing and calls on society to defend hard-won freedoms.
- Johannes Hegemann leads in his first TV starring role after a lengthy daily transformation into Jones, with Till Endemann directing and David Ungureit writing the adaptation.