FINDING PHONG

By Tran Phuong Thao and Swann Dubus/ Vietnam/ 2015/ 92 min

Since his childhood in a small Vietnamese town, Phong felt himself like a girl prisoner into a boy’s body. After coming to the university at 20 in Hanoi, he discovered that he was not alone in this predicament. He dreamed to “find himself” and decided to physically change sex, several years later.
Phong’s story is chronicled through his intimate video journal, through encounters with his family, friends, workmates and doctors – all of whom must come to terms with the boy’s determination to exist as a complete girl.

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  • March 4, 2017 · 2:45 pm
  • Bophana Center
  • CIFF