A Kid Like Jake
Description
Brooklyn parents Alex (Claire Danes) and Greg (Jim Parsons) are lucky to have a kid like Jake. Their four-year-old is bright, precocious, creative — and just happens to prefer Disney princesses to toy cars, and skirts to jeans. Jake’s "gender expansive" behavior — as local preschool director Judy (Octavia Spencer) dubs it — is no big deal to Alex and Greg. Or so it seems, until the process of navigating New York City's hyper-competitive private school system opens up a parental quagmire: could Jake's gender nonconformity be just the thing that gives their child an edge in the admissions game? How young is too young to put a label on a child's identity? Is this just a phase, or is Jake truly transgender? Split in their opinions on how to handle the situation, Alex and Greg find themselves navigating an emotional and ethical minefield with one patch of common ground between them: their fierce desire to do what's right for Jake. Transparent director Silas Howard helms this timely, honest, emotionally rich look at 21st-century parenting.
Product Information
DISCS 1 |
RUN-TIME 90 min |
ASPECT RATIO 1.85:1 |
COLOR Color |
LANGUAGE English |
REGION Region 1 |
RATING R |
PRODUCTION DATE 2018 |
CLOSED-CAPTIONED No |
SUBTITLES English, Spanish |
Cast & Crew
Claire Danes | Actor |
Jim Parsons | Actor |
Priyanka Chopra | Actor |
Amy Landecker | Actor |
Ann Dowd | Actor |
Octavia Spencer | Actor |
Adam Richman | Executive Producer |
Ali Jazayeri | Executive Producer |
Compton Ross | Executive Producer |
Daniel Pearle | Writer |
David Bernon | Executive Producer |
David Gendron | Executive Producer |
Eric Norsoph | Producer |
Hilary Davis | Executive Producer |
Jackie Bernon | Executive Producer |
Jenette Kahn | Executive Producer |
Jim Parsons | Producer |
Patrick Howson | Executive Producer |
Paul Bernon | Producer |
Phil Hunt | Executive Producer |
Rachel Song | Producer |
Rowan Riley | Executive Producer |
Sam Slater | Executive Producer |
Silas Howard | Director |
Stephen Kelliher | Executive Producer |
Todd Spiewak | Producer |