Nathan - Free as Bird
Saturday May 2nd 2015, 5:00 pm
Miami Beach Cinematheque
1130 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Film Details
Runtime: 72 Minutes
Language: In Dutch and English with English subtitles
Director: Roel Nollet
Country: Belgium 2014
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Nathan Verhelst underwent euthanasia after struggling with the unbearable and incurable suffering caused by a miserable past and failed sex-change operations. Nathan felt like a freak and couldn’t find happiness as either a man or a woman. Even his loyal friends couldn’t change his mind. The film focuses on Nathan’s final week of life; documented in great detail using Nathan’s owns recordings, conversations with close friends, and news reports about Nathan’s case. Nathan – Free As A Bird is about life, death, gender, identity and the quest for being loved that connects us all.
Nathan Verhelst underwent euthanasia after struggling with the unbearable and incurable suffering caused by a miserable past and failed sex-change operations. Nathan felt like a freak and couldn’t find happiness as either a man or a woman. Even his loyal friends couldn’t change his mind. The film focuses on Nathan’s final week of life; documented in great detail using Nathan’s owns recordings, conversations with close friends, and news reports about Nathan’s case. Nathan – Free As A Bird is about life, death, gender, identity and the quest for being loved that connects us all.
