Hosted by Kino Lorber + Kinema
Virtual
When
Jun 23, 8:00 PM EDT
Price
$10.00 USD per person
Available in
Worldwide
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About the event
Kino Lorber and Kinema are proud to present a special Pride Month screening of acclaimed film, 'Born to Be'. In this remarkable documentary, director Tania Cypriano and producer Michelle Koo Hayashi went behind the scenes of New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital to capture the emotional and physical journey of gender confirmation surgery. Lending equal narrative weight to the experiences of the center’s groundbreaking surgeon Dr. Jess Ting and those of his diverse group of trans patients, 'Born to Be' perfectly balances compassionate personal storytelling and fly-on-the-wall vérité, offering astonishing access into the lives, joys, and fears of the people at its center.
Event Participants
Tania Cypriano
Director, 'Born to Be'
Dr. Jess Ting, Surgeon, Mount Sinai Center for Transgender
Medicine and Surgery
Brit Fryer
Moderator and Filmmaker
About the film
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 Koo 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.
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
1h 32m
Released
2019
Director
Tania Cypriano
Producer
Rachel Mills, Heidi Reinberg, Michelle Koo Hayashi, Jessica Kingdon
Executive Producer
Molly M. Fowler, J. Winkelried, Susan Norget
Cast
Jess Ting, Leiomy Maldonado, Shawn Frederick Sr., Garnet Rubio, Cashmere, Jordan Rubenstein, Mahogany Phillips