Born to Be
Soon after New York state passed a 2015 law that health insurance should cover transgender-related care and services, director Tania Cypriano and producer Michelle Hayashi began bringing their cameras behind the scenes at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital, where this remarkable documentary captures the emotional and physical journey of surgical transitioning. Lending equal narrative weight to the experiences of the center’s groundbreaking surgeon Dr. Jess Ting and those of his diverse group of patients, BORN TO BE perfectly balances compassionate personal storytelling and fly-on-the-wall vérité. It’s a film of astonishing access—most importantly into the lives, joys, and fears of the people at its center.
Year: 2019
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Transformation Productions, Justice-Partners
Director: Tania Cypriano
Cast: Leiomy Maldonado, Garnet Rubio, Mahogany Phillips, Jess Ting, Jordan Rubenstein, Shawn Frederick Sr.
Crew: Eliott Taylor (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Tania Cypriano (Director), Michelle Koo Hayashi (Producer), Molly M. Fowler (Executive Producer), J. Winkelried (Executive Producer), Jessica Kingdon (Co-Producer)
Runtime: 93 minutes
Release: Sep 28, 2019
IMDb: 3.00/10 by 4 users
Popularity: 0
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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