Prodigal Sons
Top Ten List: #7 of 2008 (world premieres)
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Director: Kimberly Reed. Documentary about a woman's complex relationship with her adopted and mentally ill brother, her reflections on her own transgender
identity, and their fraught re-connections with multiple family members, immediate and long-lost. Interview subjects include Kimberly Reed, Marc McKerrow,
Todd McKerrow, and Oja Kodar.Twitter Capsule:
Brave, deft, top-level documentary; takes huge risk pairing transgender with mental illness, but it pays off
