Born to Be (2019)

overview : 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.

Release Date : Sep 28, 2019

Runtime : 1h 33m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Transformation Productions, Justice-Partners

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : gender, surgery, lgbt, social & cultural documentary, gender affirmation surgery, documentary