Robert Eads is a female-to-male transsexual suffering from ovarian cancer who faces sure death after 20 doctors have refused to treat him for his condition. Far from Atlanta's city hustle, Robert makes a life for himself and his family. That is, his two families: his biological family of two parents, two sons by birth and a darling three-year-old grandson; and his chosen family of two female-to-male transsexual sons, Maxwell and Cass. Robert is falling in love with Lola Cola, a sultry male-to-female transsexual, but as hard as he tries to resist in the face of impending death, their romance blooms beautifully in bittersweet irony.

Kate Davis' compassionate vérité ilmmaking portrays the lives of Robert and his community in such an organic way that their exceptionally unique and challenging stories feel as natural as the changing of seasons. Questions of sexual orientation, operative transitioning and discrimination are effortlessly explored as the subjects freely open up their lives to the camera. Raw, emotional and provocative, SOUTHERN COMFORT is a moving and illuminating examination of gender and the human spirit that will surely open minds as it opens hearts.
- Shari Frilot, Co-Director of Programming

Post-screening Centerpiece reception, DGA Atrium