Suited

Suited is an extraordinarily uplifting documentary about a couple of NY Tailors who have found their calling making suits for gender non-confirming clients.  Their story started a few years ago when Rae Tutera (who had been born Rachel) came across a rather unassuming tailor called Daniel Friedman (who is straight & Jewish) who made him his first ever suit. Rae was so happy that he persuaded Daniel to take him on as an apprentice,  and that’s when Bindle and Keep was born.

The movie is made by first time director Jason Benjamin who cut his teeth as a boom operator for the ‘Girls’ TV Show and landed him a producer in his boss Lena Dunham.  Benjamin chose to follow a handful of the clients who turn up in the Brooklyn Showroom. and it is all their stories that make this doc such a delight to watch. The life journeys that they have all taken to get this far have made them all both emotional and determined, and when the time comes for them to return and try on their suit it is impossible not to share in their sheer joy.

Suited had its Premiere at Sundance and is an HBO doc and will be aired in the US in the Spring, check back here for further details and our full review.