Born to Be is now playing in virtual cinemas across the country. These virtual cinemas let you watch the film from home while directly supporting local independent movie theaters closed due to COVID-19. You can watch on demand on your computer, mobile or tablet device, Apple TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire. You can also watch on demand via the platforms below.
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FOR EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SCREENINGS: Kino Lorber Edu
CINEMAS: Kino Marquee
Past Screenings
57th NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
– World premiere
HAMPTONS INT’L FILM FESTIVAL 2019
PALM SPRINGS INT’L FILM FESTIVAL 2020
– Distinction: BEST OF THE FEST
CLEVELAND INT’L FILM FESTIVAL
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL
NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL
– Best Documentary Feature & The Human Spirit Award by Nashville Public Television
INDIE-LINCS FILM FESTIVAL
– Big Imp for Feature Film Award Winner
DOCAVIV – THE TEL AVIV INT’L DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL FESTIVAL
SEATTLE ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
– Best Documentary Feature
OUTSHINE LGBTQ+ FILM FESTIVAL 2019
CINEQUEST FILM & CREATIVITY FESTIVAL
SCOTTISH MENTAL HEALTH ARTS FESTIVAL
– Best Feature Documentary
TRANS STELLAR FILM FESTIVAL
– Best Feature & Best Documentary Feature
KC UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
– Best Feature Film
KOREA QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
OUT & LOUD – PUNE INTERNATIONAL QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
INTERNACIONAL DE DOCUMENTALES DE SANTIAGO, FIDOCS
Additional Screenings:
2022
CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy’s Health and Wellness Week
2021
Film Forum (Theatrical Premiere)
UnionDocs, Brooklyn
Raindance Film Club
DocNights, a collaboration between Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia Film Society, and William Way LGBT Community Center
2020
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Juilliard School
Columbia University, Undergraduate Committee on Global Thought
Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, MA
University of Washington, School of Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Texas Tech University, Office of LGBTQIA Education & Engagement
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
United University Church
Baylor College of Medicine
University of Michigan, Pre-Medical Fraternity
U Hawaii at Manoa LGBTQ+ Center
Medical University of South Carolina, College of Nursing
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery
PFLAG Blairsville
Physicians for Human Rights
Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas
Harvard Medical School, Arts and Humanities Initiative
St. Bartholomew's Church, Manhattan
The New York Film Academy
Sacramento LGBT Community Center
LGBTQ Center Orange County
Charlotte Pride
THRIVE SS
Western NC AIDS Project
Pride in the Hills Fund
Multnomah County Health Department
Ithaca College LGBT Center
UMKC Schools of Medicine and Nursing, Truman Medical Center
Western Kentucky University, Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Western Kentucky University School of Nursing
Greater NY Association of Nurse in AIDS Care
Greater Palm Springs Chapter of The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
TransNewYork, Inc
California State University Monterey Bay
National Organization for Women - Seattle
George Mason University Anthropology Club
Texas A&M University LGBTQ+ Pride Center
Health Awareness Project
Rocket City Pride
UW Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (UW CIPE)
Out in West Texas
Health Consumers NSW
Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
TALKBACK:
Documentary Talk in ‘19, NYFF, w/ Tania Cypriano, Michelle Hayashi, Dr. Jess Ting, J Winkelried, Mahogany, Cashmere, and Garnet Rubio:
Q&A following Born To Be’s premiere in 2019, NYFF, w/ Tania Cypriano and other directors from the year’s ‘Spotlight on Documentary’:
Panel discussion on November 19, 2020, presented by the Human Rights Campaign, moderated by Jude Dry - IndieWire: