Born to Be
Born to Be
Release: 2019-09-28
·Runtime: 93m
·★ 3.0
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Transformation Productions
Justice-Partners
Trailers & Videos
Crew
James Carroll
Visual Effects Designer
Eliott Taylor
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tania Cypriano
Director
J. Winkelried
Executive Producer
Scott K. Foley
Editor
Rachel Mills
Co-Producer
Jeffrey Johnson
Director of Photography
Michelle Koo Hayashi
Producer
Susan Norget
Executive Producer
Molly M. Fowler
Executive Producer
Troy Herion
Music
Jessica Kingdon
Co-Producer