VIDEO OF THE WEEK

Southern Comfort (2002)
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As transsexuality continues to be almost as baffling to the gay community as it is to the straights, some recent efforts, both fictional and fact-based, have gone a long way toward explaining this mysterious side of human sexuality. HBO's Normal was one, and this powerfully moving documentary is another. At 52, Robert Eads looks the part of a backwoods, chain-smoking country boy. Except for the fact that he was born a woman. His relationship with male-to-female transsexual Lola and his losing battle with cancer act as the backdrop for a love story more affecting than anything Hollywood could have crafted. The DVD includes deleted scenes, interviews, photo gallery, filmmaker statement, trailers, full-screen format.


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