Born to Be (2019)
Soon after New York state passed a 2015 law that health insurance should cover transgender-related care and services, director Tania Cypriano and producer Michelle Hayashi began bringing their cameras behind the scenes at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital, where this remarkable documentary captures the emotional and physical journey of surgical transitioning. Lending equal narrative weight to the experiences of the center’s groundbreaking surgeon Dr. Jess Ting and those of his diverse group of patients, BORN TO BE perfectly balances compassionate personal storytelling and fly-on-the-wall vérité. It’s a film of astonishing access—most importantly into the lives, joys, and fears of the people at its center.
Director: Tania Cypriano
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Leiomy Maldonado as Self |
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Garnet Rubio as Self |
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Mahogany Phillips as Self |
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Jess Ting as Self |
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Jordan Rubenstein as Self |
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Shawn Frederick Sr. as Self |
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Cashmere as Self |
| Sound | Eliott Taylor | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Tania Cypriano | Director |
| Production | Michelle Koo Hayashi | Producer |
| Production | Susan Norget | Executive Producer |
| Production | J. Winkelried | Executive Producer |
| Production | Molly M. Fowler | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Christopher White | Editor |
| Editing | Scott K. Foley | Editor |
| Production | Jessica Kingdon | Co-Producer |
| Production | Rachel Mills | Co-Producer |
| Production | Heidi Reinberg | Consulting Producer |
| Sound | Troy Herion | Music |
| Camera | Jeffrey Johnson | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Brad Wickham | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Mattison Thor Carter | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Ilyse Wolfe Tretter | Clearances Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | James Carroll | Visual Effects Designer |
