Transhood

Transhood (2020)

Five years. Four kids. One unprecedented story.

Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four transgender kids – beginning at ages 4, 7, 12, and 15 – as they redefine “coming of age.” These kids and their families show us the intimate realities of how gender is re-shaping the family next door in a unique and unprecedented chronicle of growing up transgender in the heartland.

Date of release
2020-05-28
TMDB
4.1 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Sharon Liese

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Kansas and Missouri

Transhood is a 2020 American documentary film directed and produced by Sharon Liese. The film follows four children, beginning at ages four, seven, twelve, and fifteen, as they "redefine coming-of-age".

Production

The film was filmed between 2014 and 2019 in the Kansas City area. The project was conceived as a feature-length documentary, although Liese initially considered development offers to produce it as a TV series. In an interview with The Guardian, Liese stated that "We want this to be about kids growing up in the midwest who happen to be transgender, and not about transgender kids."

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