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Born to Be

09/28/2019

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1hr 33min

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Documentary

When you see yourself, who do you see?

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Leiomy Maldonado
  • Garnet Rubio
  • Mahogany Phillips
  • Jess Ting
  • Jordan Rubenstein

    Directors

  • Tania Cypriano
  • Rachel Mills

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Transformation Productions
  • Justice-Partners

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Leiomy Maldonado

Self

Garnet Rubio

Self

Mahogany Phillips

Self

Jess Ting

Self

Jordan Rubenstein

Self

Shawn Frederick Sr.

Self

Cashmere

Self

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