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.

Kinema

Born to Be

Susan Norget

Leiomy Maldonado

Shawn Frederick Sr.

Tania Cypriano

Jessica Kingdon

Molly M. Fowler

J. Winkelried

Jess Ting

Rachel Mills

Heidi Reinberg

Garnet Rubio

Michelle Koo Hayashi

Cashmere

Jordan Rubenstein

Mahogany Phillips

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.

Documentary

Tania Cypriano 

Dr. Jess Ting, Surgeon, Mount Sinai Center for Transgender

Brit Fryer