(USA, 2016, 72 min., color, DVD, NR) Real Boy is an intimate story of a family in transition. As 19-year-old Bennett Wallace navigates early sobriety, late adolescence, and the evolution of his gender identity, his mother makes her own transformation from resistance to acceptance of her trans son. Along the way, both mother and son find support in their communities, reminding us that families are not only given, but chosen. – Independent Lens “This is a film about what it feels like to want to be loved by the people you’re closest to and how painful it is when something gets in the way of it.” – Matt Smith, Youth Today, 4/19/2016