Jack & Yaya

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Jack & Yaya

2019

1h 24m

Documentary

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Best friends Jack and Yaya celebrate their 30th year of friendship in their hometown in South Jersey alongside an eclectic crew of extended family and neighbors.

Gregg Shapiro

Bay Area Reporter

08/05/2020

B

Bagley and Hewey get more right than wrong in their rendering of this touching true story.

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Ian Thomas Malone

ianthomasmalone.com

07/07/2020

Transgender people often feel alone, afraid to live life as ourselves. Jack & Yaya is a touching narrative that celebrates the vital relationships we make across our journeys.

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Norman Gidney

Film Threat

06/26/2020

8/10

This is the America that I want to be a part of.

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

06/25/2020

3/5

Exploring a friendship as it celebrates 30 years, this warm documentary takes a deeply personal approach, allowing people to be themselves as they speak and interact.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

San Francisco Examiner

06/20/2020

3/4

Perhaps this unassuming, pleasant movie is just the kind of thing that people who are horrified over restroom labeling need to learn that transgender folks are just like anyone else.

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Peter Gray

This is Film

06/17/2020

Very much the type of film 2020 needs at this moment

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Synopsis

Best friends Jack and Yaya celebrate their 30th year of friendship in their hometown in South Jersey alongside an eclectic crew of extended family and neighbors.

Director: Jennifer Bagley, Mary Hewey
Production Co: Hewes Pictures
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 6, 2020
Runtime: 1h 24m