Transamerica (2005)

Transamerica: Directed by Duncan Tucker. With Andrea James, Felicity Huffman, Danny Burstein, Maurice Orozco. A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.

“This was my favorite film of the Tribeca festival. Felicity Huffmanu0026#39;s performance is incredible and grabs you from the first scene. It was a smart, poignant and funny film. Some of the characters are too thinly drawn, some of the humor too inappropriately broad but those were minor issues for me. Though rooted in some ways in standard plot devices, the transgender protagonist makes all the difference in the world. Which, in a way, is kind of the point — how we view peopleu0026#39;s differences (with acceptance or disdain) says a lot about who we are. Of course, it played well here in New York City. But what about the rest of Bushu0026#39;s America? By the way, I was told that Lions Gate picked up the film for distribution.”