
Born to Be 2019
"When you see yourself, who do you see?"
Overview
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 pat
Director: Tania Cypriano
Cast

Leiomy Maldonado
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Garnet Rubio
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Mahogany Phillips
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Jess Ting
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Jordan Rubenstein
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Shawn Frederick Sr.
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Cashmere
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