Chicago Underground Film Festival and Filmmakers Summit 2008

Ellie is the story of an evangelical minister who, after four failed marriages, broken relationships, an exorcism, and thoughts of suicide, finally found the courage to become the woman he had always dreamed of being. Finally able to reconcile his religious beliefs with his transgender identity, on his 70th birthday, Eliot became Ellie and began a new ministry as a street performer in Provincetown, MA. No longer the preacher of God's wrath and judgment, Ellie now preaches tolerance and love by shamelessly being a 'hot, sexy chick' that belts out Frank Sinatra songs for the throngs of tourists who visit the bustling seaside resort.