Southern Comfort documents the final year in the life of Robert Eads, a transgender man. Eads, diagnosed with ovarian cancer, was turned down for treatment by two dozen doctors out of fear that treating such a patient would hurt their reputations. By the time Eads received treatment, the cancer was too advanced to save his life. Filmmaker Kate Davis follows Robert and a group of transgender Southerners in this captivating and truly touching documentary. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.6/10 | |
Released: | May 23, 2002 | |
Runtime: | 90 min | |
Genres: | Documentary | |
Companies: | SnagFilms Q-Ball Productions HBO Documentary Films | |
Cast: | Robert Eads Lola Cola Maxwell Scott Anderson Cas Piotrowski | |
Crew: | Kate Davis | |
greyfur : Not the right link, this shows the whole movie, not the special (which I found on YouTube)...