Independent Lens · SEASON 18
Real Boy
Episode 20 · 2017-06-19
- Documentary
Episode overview
A moving and intimate story of a family in transition, Real Boy follows the journey of trans teen Bennett as he navigates adolescence, sobriety, and the physical and emotional ramifications of his changing gender identity. Through the process, his mother Suzy makes her own transformation — travelling a difficult road toward accepting that the daughter she raised as Rachael is now her son Bennett.
60 minutes
Season 18 episodes
1. Best of Enemies2016-10-02
2. Meet the Patels2016-12-26
3. Best and Most Beautiful Things2017-01-02
4. Containment2017-01-09
5. What Was Ours2017-01-16
6. The Witness2017-01-23
7. Birth of a Movement2017-02-06
8. Accidental Courtesy2017-02-13
9. TOWER2017-02-14
10. The Bad Kids2017-03-20
11. Ovarian Psycos2017-03-27
12. Newtown2017-04-03
13. SEED: The Untold Story2017-04-17
14. The Last Laugh2017-04-24
15. National Bird2017-05-01
16. The Prison in Twelve Landscapes2017-05-08
17. Forever Pure2017-05-15
18. They Call Us Monsters2017-05-22
19. Farmer/Veteran2017-05-29
20. Real Boy2017-06-19
