(Born to Be)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

93 minutes

Year:

2019

Directors:

Tania Cypriano

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Production companies:

Transformation Productions,

Justice-Partners

Actors:

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Crews:

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Director

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Editor