Directed by Sharon Liese
Featuring Avery Jackson, Jay, Leena and Phoenix
Running time: 1 hour and 36 minutes

by Matthew Crump

“Why are we filming with you?”
“Because I’m transgender… Doop!”

While growing up is a universal process, the life chapter of “childhood” is altogether unique. In considering this contradiction, director Sharon Liese delivers an optimistic documentary that weaves the lives of four distinctive children together under two similarities: they all live in Kansas City, MO and they are all growing up transgender.