Sex changes and politics: Commentary on 'Regretters', a documentary by Marcus Lindeen
http://storycrax.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/regretters-transsexual-marcus-lindeen-documentary/2/17/11
The Regretters (2010) is a sensitive and compelling documentary about two Danish men who became women through sex reassignment surgery who later changed back (through more surgery) to being men. It is a controversial study – in its subject matter, in its unorthodox production techniques, and in its refusal to speak in easy political terms.
But the surgeries and their difficult details are not the central story in this film. Regretters is about two people who have lived lives of remarkable difficulty and courage to be who they needed to be in the face of bigotry and social hostility. It allows the world to listen in on (and to watch) an intimate and fascinating conversation from within the culturally persecuted community of people who have surgically changed their sex.
