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.

Thank you for joining distributor Kino Lorber and Kinema for a special Pride Month Screening of 'Born to Be'. Please stay tuned after the screeing for an impactful Q&A featuring 'Born to Be' Director, Tania Cypriano, Dr. Jess Ting of the the Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine, moderated by Brit Fryer, Filmmaker and alumni of the Sundance Ignige fellowship. 

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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.

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.