heroes

heroes

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

2020 en 2 minutes

Rating: 10

Plot

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.

Trailer

Cast

Salem Rao

Salem Rao

Narrator & Himself

Adrian Bifolchi

Adrian Bifolchi

Himself

Jo Scott

Jo Scott

Themself

Kai Kuelz

Kai Kuelz

Himself

Kai Grenier

Kai Grenier

Himself

Mikhael Klassen-Kay

Mikhael Klassen-Kay

Himself

Nicholas Ginther

Nicholas Ginther

Themself

Minh Tam Huynh

Minh Tam Huynh

Themself

Sky Ravinn

Sky Ravinn

Themself

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