Southern Comfort

Southern Comfort documents the final year in the life of Robert Eads, a transgender man. Eads, diagnosed with ovarian cancer, was turned down for treatment by two dozen doctors out of fear that treating such a patient would hurt their reputations. By the time Eads received treatment, the cancer was too advanced to save his life. Filmmaker Kate Davis follows Robert and a group of transgender Southerners in this captivating and truly touching documentary.

Southern Comfort is a 2002 documentary movie directed by Kate Davis, starring Lola Cola, Robert Eads, Cas Piotrowski. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.6/10 from 1,041 votes and runs 1h 30m.