SummaryIn the summer of 2015, former US Marine and world record weightlifter Matt "Kroc" Kroczaleski was publicly outed as being transgender. The reaction was universal: her sponsors abandoned her, she was disowned by her parents, banned from competing, and she changed her name to "Janae". This film follows Janae as she attempts to find her place in soc... Read More
Directed By:Michael Del Monte
Written By:Michael Del Monte, Samuel Fussell, Paul Kemp
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Oct 18, 2018
83
The topical issue of gender indeterminacy is examined, not through the lens of moralizing or academic theory, but from one person’s vulnerable experience.
Oct 18, 2018
80
Following Matt through a public transition and capturing its unique set of complications, Del Monte offers a warm portrait of a thoroughly winning subject.
Oct 18, 2018
80
Transformer beautifully captures the process of Janae crafting her own sense of femininity, unique to who she was and who she continues to be.
Oct 18, 2018
70
The film might prove more illuminating and instructive if it examined more reactions to Kroc’s flowering from within the lifting world. Overall, though, Del Monte has crafted a warm portrait of the birth of a woman from a man who found that he had even more strength than he ever realized.
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Production Company:
- Storystream Creative
Release Date:Oct 19, 2018
Duration:1 h 18 m
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Awards
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Canadian Screen Awards, CA
• 1 Nomination
