They and Them (2023)
Overview
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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| Original Language | nl |
| Popularity | 0.328 |
Directed By
Ingrid Kamerling
Crew
Ingrid Kamerling
Nienke Korthof
Willem Baptist
Manon Tsang
Jefrim Rothuizen
David Spaans
Jean Counet
Jelle Dijkstra
Reinout Steenhuizen
Ralf Verbeek
Hugo Dijkstal
Tobias Borkert
Ingrid Kamerling
Rogier Timmermans
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