Filmmaker and star Kimberly Reed will be at the Florida Film Festival screening and Q&A for the documentary film Prodigal Sons tonight, March 31, 2009 at 9:30 PM. Tickets are $10. BUY TICKETSThis personal, edgy documentary tells the story of Kimberly Reed, an award-winning filmmaker and New York magazine editor returning for her 20th high school reunion in Helena, Montana. She hopes to reconcile and build a new relationship with her estranged, adopted brother Marc, whom she hasn't seen in 10 years. She also hopes to find some understanding and acceptance for her new identity; Kim used to be Paul McKerrow.... the star quarterback of Helena High School.
But it’s not just Kim who must deal with a new identity, but Marc as well, who forged his identity as a kid in opposition to and competition with sibling Paul.
Now as he struggles with a deteriorating brain injury caused by an automobile accident, Marc discovers that his biological grandparents are none other than Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth.
In poignant and direct ways, PRODIGAL SONS explores the mostly closeted subject of transgender. But it goes beyond a discussion of gender identity to deal with the greater question of one’s whole identity and the struggle to transform it, the politics of childhood, and the universal desire to be loved by one’s family.
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