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heroes

100.00% | November 11, 2020 | Documentary

Displaying the faces and voices of transgender youth, the documentary short shows the authenticity of queer and trans people living in Toronto, while simultaneously discussing the struggles for self-acceptance that people who do not conform to cisgender and heteronormative ideals of gender face. Andy Nguyen, trans director and film student, captures his trans friends in their natural state on 16mm film shot on a Bolex h16 camera. Accompanied by narration written and recited by Salem Rao, this film represents that trans people exist and this is what we look like. Regardless of the obvious everyday transphobia, trans people find community and uniqueness within each other and themselves.

Featured Crew

Trâm Anh Nguyễn
Editor
Trâm Anh Nguyễn
Director
Trâm Anh Nguyễn
Director of Photography

Cast

Salem Rao
Salem Rao
Narrator & Himself
Jo Scott
Jo Scott
Themself
Kai Kuelz
Kai Kuelz
Himself
Kai Grenier
Kai Grenier
Himself

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