Five Years on Film: Growing Up Trans in the Southhttp://www.advocate.com/transgender/2015/11/17/five-years-film-growing-trans-southThe Advocate/By Cleis Abeni November 17 2015 5:00 AM EST
"The coming-of-age story of Cole Ray Davis — a young white transgender man in rural, low-income North Carolina —is one that Deep Run executive producer Susan Sarandon says needed to be told, especially now.
In the documentary film, Davis struggles to find affection and acceptance from his family, girlfriend, and church while gradually embracing his manhood.
"When I saw the film, I felt that they had been following [Cole] for such a long time and that it was beautifully shot, and then as time went on and we got the Caitlyn Jenners of the world, I thought the film became even more important," Sarandon tells The Advocate, "because people who are transitioning do not always have access to the kind of resources that Caitlyn did.""
