At the age of 15, can you know if you ever want to conceive or give birth to a child? The team coordinator at the gender clinic in the Dutch city of Zaandam is doubtful. And yet this is one of the questions he asks the young people who register for psychological guidance. A fellow psychologist trusts that young people know what is good for them. He is a trans man and one of the experts by experience who work at the clinic. The use of language, already such a sensitive instrument, proves to be more complex than some expect. There are those who see it as unnecessary to mention your pronouns when you introduce yourself, but the majority are in favor. Director Ingrid Kamerling switches smoothly between observation and interviews. Above all, there is a sense of the need to equip young people and their parents as well as possible for the emotional journey of drastic change that lies ahead of them.
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Ingrid Kamerling Director · Rogier Timmermans Cinematographer Ralf Verbeek Editor
First release November 9, 2023 · Produced in Netherlands · Original title Genderpoli / They and Them
Production
VPRO
Production
Netherlands
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Languages
Original title
Genderpoli / They and Them
Original language
Dutch
Spoken on screen
Dutch
Release dates
Netherlands · November 9, 2023
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No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
October 26, 2024 · Premiere · Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
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