25th Anniversary screening
This vibrant vérité documentary, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at 2001’s Sundance Film Festival, traces the final year in the life of Robert Eads, a transgender man and community leader living in rural Georgia. Southern Comfort moves with quiet intimacy and wit, following Eads as he opens his world with disarming honesty: his romantic partnership with Lola, his loving yet complicated bond with his son, and the chosen family that surrounds him across the rural South. As Eads candidly confronts being denied lifesaving treatment by a failing healthcare system, the film transforms that injustice into a profoundly human portrait. Director Kate Davis captures a community navigating love, caretaking, and identity in a region that often refuses to see them. Eads’ appearance at the Southern Comfort Conference in Atlanta, an important gathering for trans people, becomes both elegy and testament: a reminder of the resilience and interconnectedness that sustain trans lives throughout America.
This vibrant vérité documentary, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at 2001’s Sundance Film Festival, traces the final year in the life of Robert Eads, a transgender man and community leader living in rural Georgia. Southern Comfort moves with quiet intimacy and wit, following Eads as he opens his world with disarming honesty: his romantic partnership with Lola, his loving yet complicated bond with his son, and the chosen family that surrounds him across the rural South. As Eads candidly confronts being denied lifesaving treatment by a failing healthcare system, the film transforms that injustice into a profoundly human portrait. Director Kate Davis captures a community navigating love, caretaking, and identity in a region that often refuses to see them. Eads’ appearance at the Southern Comfort Conference in Atlanta, an important gathering for trans people, becomes both elegy and testament: a reminder of the resilience and interconnectedness that sustain trans lives throughout America.
UPCOMING Screenings
RUNNING TIME
90min
VENUE
FORMAT
DCP
TICKET INFORMATION
Individual Film Ticket — $19.50
In-person access to a single film
In-Person 6-Ticket Package — $95
Includes 6 tickets to use across any of the in-person films
Virtual All Access Pass — $25
Virtual access to all five streaming films (excludes DESERT HEARTS and WAITING FOR GUFFMAN);
Does not include in-person Q&A’s
In-person access to a single film
In-Person 6-Ticket Package — $95
Includes 6 tickets to use across any of the in-person films
Virtual All Access Pass — $25
Virtual access to all five streaming films (excludes DESERT HEARTS and WAITING FOR GUFFMAN);
Does not include in-person Q&A’s
BAM Members and Patrons receive a discount on tickets to this series, please email membership@BAM.org for more information.
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Leadership support for
BAM’s strategic initiatives provided by:
Leadership support for
BAM Access Programs provided by
the Jerome L. Greene Foundation
Leadership support for
BAM programming provided by:
Leadership support for
BAM Film provided by
The Thompson Family Foundation
Major support for programs in
the Lepercq Cinema is provided by
The Lepercq Charitable Foundation
