Ten years in the life arc of Adam, a young man who knew early on he was trans and the course his life took.
This is a you are there documentary shot by Adam and his mother over a decade. Adam was given a camera at an early age and he used it document his life from his point of view while his mother shot events from hers and the families.
At the risk of upsetting some people I'm going to say that this is a lovely film that charts everything that happens to Adam over the time frame of the film. Its warts and all portrait that makes us less an objective observer and instead a subjective member of the family. We almost instantly become attached to everyone on screen and we just go with it. Truthfully the absolute strength of the the film is that despite things happening, the film never stops feeling as anything but a portrait of a young man growing up and becoming himself. That may not sound like much, but in an age where anyone who is trans is under fire, we need respresentations that simply say that just present it as normal (because it is).
Recommended.
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