Transsexual Lesbian Takes Hollywood!
Prodigal Sons director Kimberly Reed fills me in.
By Michael Musto Tuesday, Feb 23 2010
http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-02-23/columns/transsexual-lesbian-takes-hollywood/Prodigal Sons is just another documentary by a transsexual lesbian from Helena, Montana, who's working out delayed issues with her adopted brother, a bitter but sometimes appealing guy who flies into rages because of an old head injury but calms down on learning that his grandparents were movie legends Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth.
But that's just the initial pitch. What emerges from Kimberly Reed's film is a powerful mass of conflicted-family emotion, as frustrations collide with hope and forgiveness to create a riveting picture of people on the edge desperately trying not to push each other off it. I recently paused in the middle of watching The Lady From Shanghai to chat with Reed about her achievement.
