heroes
11/11/2020
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.
Movie Information
Salem Rao
as Narrator & Himself
Adrian Bifolchi
as Himself
Jo Scott
as Themself
Kai Kuelz
as Himself
Kai Grenier
as Himself
Mikhael Klassen-Kay
as Himself
Nicholas Ginther
as Themself
Minh Tam Huynh
as Themself
Sky Ravinn
as Themself
