heroes

heroes

"A documentation of the faces and voices of trans youth in Toronto."

Displaying the faces and voices of transgender youth, the documentary short shows the authenticity of queer and trans people living in Toronto, while simultaneously discussing the struggles for self-acceptance that people who do not conform to cisgender and heteronormative ideals of gender face. Andy Nguyen, trans director and film student, captures his trans friends in their natural state on 16mm film shot on a Bolex h16 camera. Accompanied by narration written and recited by Salem Rao, this film represents that trans people exist and this is what we look like. Regardless of the obvious everyday transphobia, trans people find community and uniqueness within each other and themselves.

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Calçada

2024

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Live, song, live!

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Carriage

2016

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Bird Gone Wild: The Woody Woodpecker Story

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Grandma Moses

1950

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Jenny is a Good Thing

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Exploratorium

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Conquest of Light

Conquest of Light

1975

The End of the Game

The End of the Game

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3rd Ave. El

1955

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Gadgets Galore

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We go nowhere

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Vacation in Sylt

1957

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Meaning of Life

2008

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MAJOR!

2015

Land Without Bread

Land Without Bread

1933