Almost Myself

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Award winning documentary. After finding a most unusual web site that was seeking funds to help reverse a sex change, award winning filmmaker Tom Murray set out on a cross country journey to explore just a small part of the vastly diverse transgender community. What happens with a young Gay man, struggling not only with his sexuality but also gender, decides to have surgery to become a female, and later decides to return to being a Gay man again? Can someone live their life full time as a female, but still have a penis? These are just some of the stories told in the fascinating, poignant, informative and some may say controversial documentary ALMOST MYSELF. The film focuses primarily on women who are white and older, yet were identified as male at birth. The stories include journeys of boyhood to womanhood and the struggles of mending and transcending gender. Review ------ VARIETY - "The latest chapter in Tom Murray's easygoing exploration of lesbian, gay, transgendered and bisexual issues, "Almost Myself," finds the filmmaker traveling across the country talking to various transgendered men-to-women. Neither militant nor "objective," and without a shred of pretension, Murray admits he is interviewing a limited range of people "... almost like myself" -- white, over 40, and labeled male at birth. He elicits remarkable candor in his subjects, illuminating a wide spectrum of choices and lifestyles. Success of "Transamerica" could heighten cable interest, though pic may prove insufficiently sensationalistic for some auds." --Variety P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); About the Actor --------------- Transgender women and their stories About the Director ------------------ This is the third film by award winning Director, Tom Murray. His first film titled, FARM FAMILY...in search of Gay life in Rural America won Best Documentary at the Philadelphia G/L Film Festival in 2004. His companion piece to ALMOST MYSELF is titled FISH CAN'T FLY which takes a look at Gays and spirituality and those who have joined "ex-gay" programs. See more ( javascript:void(0) )