A Kid Like Jake

Out at the Roxy

Showings

The Roxy Theater Screen 2 Thu, May 23, 2019 7:00 PM
Film Info
Series:Out at The Roxy
Rating:R
Run Time:92 min
Release Year:2018
Country:US
Genre:Drama
Hosted By:EmpowerMT
Sponsored By:Bikers Against Bullies, Open Aid Alliance.
Format:Digital
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Silas Howard
Cast Members:Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, Octavia Spencer, Ann Dowd
Writers:Daniel Pearle

Description

The Roxy Theater presents Out at The Roxy--a selection of films curated to highlight stories featuring the LGBTQIA community, hosted in partnership with EmpowerMT.

Brooklyn parents Alex (Claire Danes) and Greg (Jim Parsons) are lucky to have a kid like Jake. Their four-year-old is bright, precocious, creative—and just happens to prefer Disney princesses to toy cars and skirts to jeans. Jake’s “gender expansive” behavior—as local preschool director Judy (Octavia Spencer) dubs it—is no big deal to Alex and Greg. Or so it seems, until the process of navigating New York City’s hyper-competitive private school system opens up a parental quagmire: could Jake’s gender nonconformity be just the thing that gives their child an edge in the admissions game? How young is too young to put a label on a child’s identity? Is this just a phase, or is Jake truly transgender? Split in their opinions on how to handle the situation, Alex and Greg find themselves navigating an emotional and ethical minefield with one patch of common ground between them: their fierce desire to do what’s right for Jake. Transparent director Silas Howard helms this timely, honest, emotionally rich look at 21st-century parenting.

Sponsored by Bikers Against Bullies and Open Aid Alliance.