Southern Comfort
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Cas Piotrowski, Corissa Anderson, Lola Cola, Maxwell Scott Anderson, Robert Eads Director: Kate Davis Brand: New Video Cinematographer: Kate Davis Editor: Kate Davis Producer: Kate Davis Producer: Elizabeth Adams Producer: Nancy Abraham Producer: Sheila Nevins DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 90 minutes DVD Release Date: 2003-03-25 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: New Video Group |
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Movie Reviews of Southern Comfort
Movie Review: A Gold Standard for Documentaries
Summary: 4 Stars
SOUTHERN COMFORT is everything documentary films (or 'docurama' as the film makers call it) should be: it is honest, illuminating, straight-forward, and technically well made. Kate Davis has given us insight into a community that is sadly neglected by society at large - the transgender community of male to female and female to male who are caourageous enough to follow their convictions that they were born with the wrong body. The film documents the last four seasons in the life of Robert Eads, a warm, crusty guy who was denied full gender change surgery by the medical profession in Georgia and thus still retains his cervix and uterus which have become malignant and eventually cause his death. His extended family of two other female to male friends (one of whom was given a botched breast reduction by the same medical profession), the two wives of these men (one a genetic female who had been married 7 times before to extremely abusive genetic males), Robert's love Lola Cola (a male to female woman of beautiful warmth and support, and Robert's own biological son (who still calls Robert 'Mom') and grandson. To see the way this quiet and lovely group of people stand tall in a world that despises them, who look forward to the annual Southern Comfort Weekend where transgendered people gather to nurture and celebrate each other, and who invite us into thier private lives is simply a beautiful experience for the viewer. Where other less sensitive directors could have made this film a sensational expose, Kate Davis has elected to keep it tender and true. Kudos to all concerned. This film should be in the archives of all Gender Studies programs.