The New York Times – Film:
This documentary from Daniel Peddle offers an update on the transmasculine people of color who participated in ballroom culture in the 1990s.
Author: Teo Bugbee
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‘Plan C’ Review: Abortion by Mail
The New York Times – Film:
In this documentary by Tracy Droz Tragos, each of the film’s subjects considers how far past the line of legal comfort they can afford to cross.
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‘Nowhere’ Review: Sensationalism at Sea
The New York Times – Film:
This thriller from the Spanish director Albert Pintó follows a pregnant refugee forced to survive in a shipping container adrift in the ocean.
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‘Invisible Beauty’ Review: The Battle to Diversify
The New York Times – Film:
This documentary presents a vision of the fashion industry through the eyes of Bethann Hardison — a model, agent and champion of Black representation.
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‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’ Review: She’s Growing Up
The New York Times – Film:
Sandler family members (plus Idina Menzel) lean on each other in this Netflix comedy about growing up.
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‘Mutt’ Review: Surviving Reconciliation
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A newly out transgender man meets with his estranged father, his ex-boyfriend and his sister for the first time since his transition in this drama.
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‘Aurora’s Sunrise’ Review: A Patchwork Record of the Armenian Genocide
The New York Times – Film:
This standout documentary combines archival footage and animated re-enactments to share one survivor’s memories.
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‘Kokomo City’ Review: Dispatches From the Down Low
The New York Times – Film:
The director D. Smith’s new documentary follows four Black transgender women, who talk about how they got into sex work.
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‘Every Body’ Review: Celebrating the ‘I’ in L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+
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The documentary follows three openly intersex people, set against the larger backdrop of decades of secrecy and unnecessary surgeries.