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A Boy Named Sue (film)

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Director
  
Julie Wyman

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.2/10
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Genre
  
Documentary

Country
  
United States

A Boy Named Sue (film) movie scenes

Release date
  
28 September 2001 (2001-09-28) (Canada)

Genres
  
Documentary, LGBT, Biographical film

Nominations
  
GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary

A Boy Named Sue is a 2001 documentary film directed by Julie Wyman. It shows the life and transition of Theo, a young adult, raised female, involved in a lesbian relationship, who undergoes various stages of a sex reassignment surgery (including a mastectomy and hormone therapy) to become male. The protagonist is filmed extensively throughout, gives a number of interviews, and eventually settles down as a gay male. The film's title is taken from the song A Boy Named Sue.

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Distribution and reception

The film played at several festivals including the 2000 San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and Reel Affirmations. It was nominated for a 2004 GLAAD Media Award.

References

A Boy Named Sue (film) Wikipedia
A Boy Named Sue (film) IMDbA Boy Named Sue (film) themoviedb.org