‘Changing The Game’
Over the past year, more than 100 bills have been introduced across 30 states intended to curb the rights of transgender people, many of which are aimed at banning transgender kids from participating in sports. Changing The Game, a new documentary streaming on Hulu, offers a rebuttal to this alarming trend by doing nothing more, and nothing less, than presenting the humanity of three transgender athletes. Director Michael Barnett hands the mic to his subjects—including Mack Beggs, the trans man who was forced to wrestle on his school’s girl’s league—and lets them tell their own story. The result is a quiet portrait of teenagers who just want to live their lives in peace.