Directed by Jessica Dunn Rovinelli • 2019 • United States, France
Starring Edem Dela-Seshie, Thomas Love, Rachika S
This radical act of meta-adaptation transposes an unfinished novel by gay German writer Ronald M. Schernikau from 1980s West Berlin to 2018 Brooklyn. Centered on the intertwining lives of a group of trans and genderqueer artists and activists, SO PRETTY traces the couplings that form and are quietly strained as the group attempts to carve out a utopian space for themselves in an increasingly hostile world. Shot with documentary-like intimacy in both digital and 16mm, this delicate tale of love, literature, and collective struggle finds truth and beauty in human connection.
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Gender Troublemakers
Directed by Mirha-Soleil Ross and Xanthra Phillippa Mackay • 1993 • Canada
Starring Mirha-Soleil Ross, Xanthra Phillippa MackayWhat happens when two Transdykes get sick of non-transsexuals’ uninformed representation of their sexualities and their lives? They grab their 8 mm home-video camera, t...
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Rupert Remembers
Directed by Xanthra Phillippa Mackay • 2000 • Canada
Trans elder Rupert Raj reflects on his personal memories of trans spaces and activism in the Toronto of the 1970s and ’80s.
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Drunktown’s Finest
Directed by Sydney Freeland • 2014 • United States
Starring Jeremiah Bitsui, Carmen Moore, Morningstar AngelineThe feature debut from Sydney Freeland is a refreshingly complex, insightful portrayal of the contemporary Native American experience from three different perspectives. Adopted by whit...
