Born to Be

Born to Be

2019
1h 33m
3.0

3.0/10

4 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary

"When you see yourself, who do you see?"

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.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Transformation Productions Justice-Partners
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

gender surgery lgbt social & cultural documentary gender affirmation surgery documentary

Quick Facts

Release Date September 28, 2019
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt8347270
Website Visit Site

Cast

Leiomy Maldonado
Leiomy Maldonado

Self

Garnet Rubio
Garnet Rubio

Self

Mahogany Phillips
Mahogany Phillips

Self

Jess Ting
Jess Ting

Self

Jordan Rubenstein
Jordan Rubenstein

Self

Shawn Frederick Sr.
Shawn Frederick Sr.

Self

Cashmere
Cashmere

Self

Key Crew

Tania Cypriano
Director
Molly M. Fowler
Executive Producer
Susan Norget
Executive Producer
J. Winkelried
Executive Producer
Michelle Koo Hayashi
Producer