heroes

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.

Country:

Canada

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

2 minutes

Year:

2020

Director:

Trâm Anh Nguyễn

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Company:

andyvisualz,

Toronto Metropolitan University

Cast:

Narrator & Himself

Himself

Themself

Himself

Himself

Crew:

Director

Director of Photography

Editor

Producer

Casting Director