Clean (2022 film)

Clean focuses on the life of Pankhurst, detailing how she was forcibly given up by her birth mother and her subsequent adoption by a family that did not want her. Pankhurst was evicted at seventeen. Pankhurst was male and later married and had children, but the marriage eventually failed once Pankhurst realised she wished to transition. She tells the story of how she changed her name from Peter to Sandra, working in several jobs before becoming a funeral director. She married a second time, though this ended in divorce. The majority of the documentary focuses on Pankhurst's later life as the owner and operator of a trauma cleaning service named Specialist Trauma Cleaning Services, a cleaning company specialising in crime scene clean-up and hoarder restoration. The documentary follows Pankhurst as she attends various jobs across Melbourne, where she demonstrates and discusses the nature and challenges of cleaning crime scenes and assisting those living in squalor. Pankhurst reveals she is terminally ill, and this is likely due to exposure to cleaning chemicals early on in her business's development. Pankhurst is shown attending speaking events across Melbourne. Towards the end of the film, her employees are notified that Pankhurst has succumbed to her illness and passed away.