‘Transition’ Review: A Trans Man Find Acceptance Among the Taliban in Afghanistan in Worthy Doc
variety.comMurtada Elfadl How people perceive gender and react to it lies at the heart of “Transition,” Monica Villamizar and Jordan Bryon’s documentary premiering in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival.
The film follows Bryon, an Australian journalist, transitioning at the same time that he’s reporting from within Afghanistan as the country falls back under Taliban rule in 2021.
His dilemma intensifies as he’s ensconced with a group of hardline Taliban fighters. They only know him as a man, so he’s able to have the access and security he needs to perform his job even as others in the country are losing their rights because of their gender.
With that framework, the film feels like a documentation of a timebomb situation. At any moment things might change drastically for Bryon.
