Real Boy

Bennett Wallace is a young trans man. He works at music and writes songs. The documentary follows the years in which he is growing up. In this period he is looking for his own voice. In the music and in his life alike. His transition is not easily received in the family. His mother has serious misgivings. She loves her son but struggles to understand the decision. The distance between the two of them is at the centre of the film. Bennett wants to win her support. In the same period he meets Joe Stevens. Stevens is a well known trans musician. Bennett had taken him as a model for a long time. The man has struggles of his own. A strong friendship forms between them. The seventy two minute documentary came out of filming spread over years, an American production Shaleece Haas finished in 2016.