I posted a review of a new indie movie about a trans girl reuniting with her family: Dawn, Her Dad, and the Tractor It is a well-made, heartwarming movie, but with a few triggering moments. It is going to be hard to find, but if you come across it, it is worth seeing.
Thanks for the recommendation. I looked it up and it's currently streaming for free on Tubi for anyone else who is interested. Now I know what I'm watching tonight!
WOW I wish I'd watched the trailer before jumping into the movie. First of all, thank you for the recommendation! I absolutely adored this movie! But it hit so close to home for me. In some ways, it could've been my biography. I grew up on a dairy farm with my dad and sister too. I used to drive and (try to help) fix tractors too. It's how my dad and I bonded, even though I much preferred to be in the barn taking care of animals. I grew up in the American Southwest, but my mom is originally from New England. A year and a half into my transition, my grandmother passed away and I didn't go home for the funeral because I feared so much of what Dawn went through in the film. I didn't want her funeral to be about me and my transition. These days however, my relationship with my dad and siblings is non-existent and and my relationship with my mother is strained. It's all because of being trans. This film punched me in my feelings in a way I wasn't prepared for. But now I have a movie to show to the cis people in my life who don't "get it." Also, I loved Byron. He's the boyfriend I want. I started crying two minutes in and didn't stop until well after the movie was over. But a cathartic cry, you know? Just...thank you thank you THANK YOU for bringing this movie to my attention.
I am glad you liked it. Sorry it hit a little close to home, but I guess that's kind of the point. I was a big deal here when it was released two years ago, because it was filmed locally.
I watched this a few weeks ago. It is, indeed, a well made, heartwarming movie. I found it quite moving..
It's interesting to me, being old---I never heard of people transitioning at all as I was growing up in the 40s and on up. I wonder how people dealt with feeling they needed or wanted to transition in days past.
In the distant past, societies were more open to the existence of trans people. In the "modern" past, where being trans was not accepted, the choices were: - Suck it up and suffer in your birth gender. - Transition in stealth mode, cutting all ties to the past and hiding your origin while living in your true gender. - Live scandalously and infamously in your true gender. - Suicide None of these options was good for one's mental health. The option to live openly in your true gender, in an accepting society, without shame or fear, is relatively recent in our century. Unfortunately, fascistic countries are stifling that openness and sending societies back to the dark ages.
