"Prodigal Sons'" Kim Reed: From Footballer to Female Filmmaker
by Brian Brooks (Updated 23 hours, 40 minutes ago)
http://www.indiewire.com/article/2010/02/26/prodigal_sons_from_footballer_to_female_filmmaker_sibling_rivalry/"I think with the issue of transgender and sexual identity gets confused with attraction," filmmaker Kimberly Reed told indieWIRE on Thursday. "I think it's important to distinguish between the two...There's an assumption that you'd only want to change genders because you don't want to be gay." Making the transition from a straight football playing All-American male to female lesbian is the stuff that makes headlines and draws sensational media attention. Reed recently appeared on "Oprah" spotlighting her story and the film she directed, "Prodigal Sons," which had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival in 2008 and made a long run on the festival circuit.
And yet, the transgender issue is only one component of "Prodigal Sons," which opens this weekend in New York.
