Dreamlife

This mini-documentary is all too short. I didn't know anything about Georgie Stone before watching this film, and that's why I wish it was longer and more detailed. A quick check on Wikipedia gives more context, and I think that should be have included in the documentary. Otherwise, it is confusing - for example, I had to ask myself: 1) who is this girl?, 2) why is she doing a documentary?, and 3) what's going on here? That's why I couldn't give it many stars. Which is a shame. Perhaps a remark or a follow up documentary is in order? I feel there is much more to her story that should be told.

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Only the most close-minded people could be offended by this story. Maya Newell, a director with experience of transgender issues, has shown us some insight into a remarkable young girl/lady. We are lucky that there is footage of 9 year old Georgie sharing parts of her story enabling us to see the dilemma and the trauma that trans kids can feel. The contributions from her parents and twin brother, although brief, help build that story. But Georgie is the real superstar - a young lady who put herself through a court case that had the potential to change the lives for the better of thousands of kids. No spoiler - watch the doco to see whether she was successful. I highly recommend this short film, created over ten years, and handled with great sensitivity.

Filmed over several years. The ever important voice of the trans community is told through the experience of Georgie Stone. Not just a story of her gender reassignment but a story of a young woman and fighting for what she believes in. An empowering short documentary that is a must watch.

I found this to be boring. I also had to fact check several statements and events from the film and found them to be falsehoods. I would but recommend this film to anyone especially not children. I would avoid this and I rate the film just 1 star out of a possible 10 stars. Ranking it against all of the movies I have seen in the past decade, I would place it at 637 out of 658. That's a bad rating. I wish the acting had been more genuine. I also wish that the falsehoods I discovered were not included in the film. They take away from the overall theme of the film. You may want to watch with subtitles as the accents are heavy.

Glowing reviews of this documentary describe it thus: " The ever important voice of the trans community is told through the experience of Georgie Stone. ...Not just a story of her gender reassignment but a story of a young woman and fighting for what she believes in. .." ..."Georgie is the real superstar - a young lady who put herself through a court case that had the potential to change the lives for the better of thousands of kids." I see it differently - I see the story of the life of a strong, talented and probably gay child blown off course by aggressive medicalisation. What was the medical advice given to the Stone family which made them believe that the only way to manage Georgie's gender dysphoria was to turn his body into the facsimile of a girl, obliging their healthy young son to take "puberty blocking" drugs (licensed to treat a pathology known as "early onset puberty"), take female hormones for life and finally undergo complex and risky cosmetic surgery to create a prosthetic * rendering Georgie sterile and a lifelong medical patient in the process? Were they not informed that: "Across all eleven long term studies ever done on gender dysphoric children, between 60% and 90% desist by puberty" That is, no longer feel uncomfortable in the bodies they were born in. "The vast majority of children who voice the desire to be the opposite sex will eventually change their minds, growing up to be gay as an adult". Perhaps the Stones were told that it was "better to have a happy daughter than a dead son" having been scared by misused transgender suicide rates. (See "The End of Gender" by Dr Debra Soh - Sexologist and neuroscientist). Whatever the reason, the Stone family was persuaded to take a radical and irreversible medicalised option. Scientific data indicate that managed with love and care, and without resorting to medical intervention, Georgie would likely have grown up to be a healthy, untroubled and attractive gay guy who could have had children. Medical transition would always be there as an option for the adult Georgie if the gender dysphoria persisted. I wish Georgie a happy and healthy life as a transwoman, despite the medical and social hurdles which will stand in her way, but mourn the ghost of the gay guy Georgie whose identity was denied.

This documentary is incredible - Georgie shares her journey so bravely supported by her amazing family and Maya Newell weaves the footage together seamlessly. This film is so moving, so important and I hope everyone chooses to watch it.

Trailer—Dreamlife

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The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone