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heroes
2020 10.0 (1 votes) 0h 2m
Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
andyvisualz
Toronto Metropolitan University

heroes

A documentation of the faces and voices of trans youth in Toronto.

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Director: Trâm Anh Nguyễn

Director of Photography: Trâm Anh Nguyễn

Producer: Trâm Anh Nguyễn

Top Cast

Salem Rao

Narrator & Himself

Adrian Bifolchi

Himself

Jo Scott

Themself

Kai Kuelz

Himself

Kai Grenier

Himself

Mikhael Klassen-Kay

Himself

Nicholas Ginther

Themself

Minh Tam Huynh

Themself

Videos

trailer for "heroes" (TIFF Next Wave + InsideOut Fest 2021)

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