Meet Robert Eads, a 52-year-old Georgian, who, in his leather jacket, black cowboy hat, scruffy beard and tinted shades, seems every inch the southern gentleman. And he is, save for one minor detail: Robert was once Barbara, a married woman with two kids who, at a certain point in her life, decided it was time to start living as the man she always felt herself to be. Barbara changed her name, underwent hormone therapy and "top surgery" (a double mastectomy), and her journey across the gender line that our culture holds to be impenetrable was complete. This fascinating documentary from filmmaker Kate Davis follows Robert and his transgendered girlfriend Lola (née John...
Released:
2000
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins