Trans Allegories in Film: 'Your Name' (2016)
Our protagonists perform as the opposite gender while still preserving the parts of their personalities that makes themselves who they are.

A story about how Senya and Vanya, notorious pranksters and hooligans, were forced by circumstances to take care of two little nephews of a pioneer leader and became victims of these mischievous boys' antics.
Our protagonists perform as the opposite gender while still preserving the parts of their personalities that makes themselves who they are.
When you first hear that there is a series on Netflix where the lead character’s wife dies from cancer and he becomes dangerously suicidal, you wouldn’t immediately assume that it’s a comedy.
I can say without question, that this is the first movie I’ve ever seen where art imitates life so much that I could 100% identify with it on a personal level. The predominately Black cast of characters are people with hopes, dreams, fears, and ambitions.
An unlikely friendship changes the hearts of men, and helps a young boy come into his own.
The plot lags, the moral lessons are misguided, but are those fluffy little donut creatures adorable? Yes. Yes, they are.
This short film was an overall creative success.