What type of film are "Transparent" and "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe"?
Transparent (film) Transparent is a 2005 documentary film written, directed, and produced by Jules Rosskam. Its title is a play on the words “trans” and “parent” implying the invisibility of transgender parenting in society today. The documentary follows 19 female-to-male transsexuals from 14 different states who have given birth to, and in most cases, gone on to raise, their biological children and the challenges they face while transitioning.
Heimatfilm Heimatfilme (] , German for "homeland-film"; German singular: "Heimatfilm ") were films of a genre popular in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. "Heimat" can be translated as "home" (in the geographic sense), "hometown" or "homeland".