Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four kids - beginning at ages 4, 7, 12, and 15 - as they redefine "coming of age." These kids and their families reveal intimate realities of how gender is re-shaping the family next door in a never-before-told chronicling of growing up transgender in the heartland. The film is a nuanced examination of how families tussle, transform, and sometimes find unexpected purpose in their identities as transgender familie... (Full plot summary below)
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Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four kids - beginning at ages 4, 7, 12, and 15 - as they redefine "coming of age." These kids and their families reveal intimate realities of how gender is re-shaping the family next door in a never-before-told chronicling of growing up transgender in the heartland. The film is a nuanced examination of how families tussle, transform, and sometimes find unexpected purpose in their identities as transgender families. Lighthearted and deeply moving, this story teaches us something new about being human.
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| VarietyGuy LodgeWhile wholly sympathetic to the cause, Transhood isn’t just a work of blandly cheery activism: Liese frankly observes the practical obstacles and psychological swings endured by its four young subjects and their families, sometimes to upsetting effect. |
| IndieWireJude DryThe documentary works because of its expansive timeline and creative casting choices. While Liese herself is not trans, and it shows, she approaches her subjects with utmost respect and sensitivity, placing the kids firmly in charge of their own stories. |
| The Hollywood ReporterRobyn BahrOffering no narration, expert talking heads or text interstitials, Liese forgoes contextualizing the culture wars and instead lets her subjects speak for themselves. Their pathos, however, doesn't always localize where you'd expect. |
| The New York TimesKyle TurnerWith so much ground to cover, the scenes’ shortness can feel unsatisfying and even occasionally facile. Though conversations between parents and their children are designed to be emotional beats, there’s a peculiar staginess that comes off as jarring at times. |
| User Review3ebfan511This seems to have gotten low votes from disgruntled religious types...who do not like the content of the film. and I would guess they likely did not even watch all of it. The film does take a somewhat critical look at the issue via one of the subjects, which is revealed towards the end...so it is not propaganda and asks questions about the issue, and brings up some valid concerns. But I doubt the people giving low votes watched more than 1 hour to even get to that part. Its a pretty well done documentary, and definitely worth seeing if you are at all interested in the subject. I would say must-watch....in 2020. |
| User ReviewJLuis_001Unfortunately it felt more like passages from the trans experience than a true documentary about all that it implies. Which I certainly cannot say if it covers the necessary aspects of what's basically their life experience and their identity. I can simply say that it felt too passive. Although ultimately as one of the protagonists says "It's none of your business. |
| User ReviewMeteorroDisgusting and illegal. The should get sue for this production. **** this companies. |
| User Reviewbdillon0820Disgusting. Should be illegal forcing a child against his will to be a transvestite. |
| User ReviewVoiceReasonThis is a grooming documentary and is obvious about it. The boys in the film make it clear that they have no real idea what is being imposed on them and at numerous points let their real personalities peek through to cry for help. One instance of this takes place in the radically progressive church building where the young boy doesn't want to speak to his audience or accept a flower but only wants to escape. In another scene there's a mother reading literal lgbt propaganda to her boy on his terribly elaborate pink and rainbow colored bed and the boy says "wait I'm a boy and I'm also wearing girls clothes!" Not only did this child state what he really thinks about the situation but his mother argued with him about both the clothes and his perceived gender. This is called Munchausen syndrome, a mental illness most often found in attention seeking mothers that should usually lead to children being placed in a safer home. Then the boy with the longest hair is just done with the game and says he doesn't want his story circulating anymore, his shame flying over the head of his oblivious mother who at the same time is demanding he write a book to be used in grooming other children. We even get to follow these families to a "where are they now" scenario where the parents are divorced over this mess and the mothers are still trying to make their boy's lives about themselves with the damage to the children being a distant afterthought. The only positive here is the documentary is very unintentionally telling and in the end we've seen that a transkid is like a vegan cat, we all know who is making the decisions. |
