Born to Be
“When you see yourself, who do you see?”
2019•1h 33m•3.0•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Tania Cypriano
Languages
English
Studio
Transformation Productions
Cast
Leiomy Maldonado
Self
Garnet Rubio
Self
Mahogany Phillips
Self
Jess Ting
Self
Jordan Rubenstein
Self
Shawn Frederick Sr.
Self
Cashmere
Self
Production
Company
Transformation Productions
Company
Justice-Partners
Producer
Michelle Koo Hayashi
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