The Bold World

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In 2009, Jodie Patterson, mother of five and beauty entrepreneur, has her world turned upside down when her determined toddler, Penelope, reveals, "Mama, I'm not a girl. I am a boy". The Pattersons are a tribe of unapologetic black matriarchs, scholars, financiers, activists, artists, musicians, and disruptors, but with Penelope's revelation, Jodie realizes that her existing definition of family isn't wide enough for her child's needs. Jodie has to reshape her own attitude, beliefs, and biases, learning from her children, and a whole new community, on how to meet the needs of her transgender son