Southern Comfort (2001 film)
- Southern Comfort (2001 film)
Infobox Film
name = Southern Comfort
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director = Kate Davis | producer = Kate Davis
music = Joel Harrison
cinematography = Kate Davis
editing = Kate Davis
distributor = HBO Documentary
released = 2001
runtime = 90 mins
country = USA
language = English
imdb_id = 0276515
"Southern Comfort" is a 2001 documentary film about the final year in the life of Robert Eads, a female-to-male transsexual. Eads, diagnosed with ovarian cancer, was turned down for treatment by two dozen doctors out of fear that treating such a patient would hurt their reputation. By the time Eads received treatment, the cancer was too advanced to save his life.
Plot
The film begins in the spring. Eads falls in love with Lola, a male-to-female transsexual woman. He spends those remaining warm days in the company of his "chosen family:" Max, Cass, and "the rest". That summer, his mother and father drive ten hours to visit Robert, who is still their daughter in their eyes. Later that year, Eads makes his last appearance at the Southern Comfort Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, a prominent transgender gathering. Already feeling ill, he addresses a crowd of 500 and takes Lola to what is for them a prom that never was. Also appearing in the film are Eads' friends Tom and Debbie King. They were responsible for saving Robert's life as he collapsed in a pool of his own blood while staying with them.
After Eads' death, his ashes were spread across the family farm around a lone Christmas tree which was to symbolize Robert's many changes and blossoms in life.
Awards
*Grand Jury Prize (Documentary), Sundance Film Festival 2001;
*First Prize, Seattle International Film Festival;
*Special Audience Award, Berlin Film Festival
See also
* Transgender in film and television
External links
* [http://www.nextwavefilms.com/southern/ New Wave Films]
*imdb title|id=0276515|title=Southern Comfort
* [http://www.sccatl.org/ Southern Comfort Conference]
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