Bertolt Brecht asked whether there would be singing in the dark times. In the throes of war, the United Ukrainian Ballet Company defiantly insists there will be dancing, too. Far from the land they call home, young dancers take quiet comfort from art. For a while, their work feels like the old days, except there is a new troupe member: a soldier learning to dance with prosthetic legs.
“Seeds of Deceit” tells the story of fertility doctor Jan Karbaat, who secretly used his own seed instead of donors’. An intimate film about two mothers and their children, who must face this new reality and try again to live with each other.
Four (soon to be) transgender parents share their personal stories of what carrying their future children as transgender males is like.
