Odd Ones Out documents 4 years in the courageous lives of 3 transgender teens, as they transition into adulthood and face life-altering events. Family intolerance, homelessness, sex work, and harassment in their schools and community are the backdrop for a story of acceptance and rejection, identity and change.
(Released in 2008, 47 min, Documentary Production: 2003 - 2007)
Summary
Through candid verité footage and home video diaries, Odd Ones Out is a unique and intimate look at the most tender time in the lives of three young people as they struggle with the universal search for self and of being found. It's a coming of age story about trying to fit in while fighting against society's rigid boundaries. With Naomi, David and Tot, you will reconsider the definitions of male and female and then discard them as you grow closer to three teenagers who just want to grow up.
“Even when I was telling myself I was gay, there was still something missing… Some people call it gender fucking. I like to mess around with those lines that no one really messes around with.”
TOT, age 19
“I thought it was typical for a butch lesbian to feel like a man… If I could walk around shirtless and not have breasts, I’d be the happiest man in the world.”
DAVID, age 19
“When I was a child, I never felt I belonged with the boys. They were too rough and brutal. I didn’t feel like a girl, because they didn’t raise me like a girl.”
NAOMI, age 18
Credits
Directors:
Dana McClure & Kirby Conn
Producers: Kim Connell, Joel Pomeroy,
Beth Miranda Botshon
Editors: Kim Connell, Laurie MacMillan
Awards & Honors
2008 WINNER Bronze Telly Award
Film/Video Documentary
2008 Official Selection
Mix Festival, NYC
2010 WINNER Fabulous Films for Young Adults
American Library Association
Distribution
ITV Granada
Distributed for World TV Broadcast
The Cinema Guild
Educational Distribution
Screenings
Anthology Film Archives, NYC
World Premiere
“Odd Ones Out is an intimate and at times heart wrenching documentary… This film is suitable for a high school audience, and is recommended for public and academic libraries, especially those with LGBT collections.”
– Educational Media Reviews
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