Summary
The history of New York’s Meatpacking District, told from the perspective of transgender sex workers who lived and worked there. Filmmaker Kristen Lovell, who walked “The Stroll” for a decade, reunites her community to recount the violence, policing, homelessness, and gentrification they overcame to build a movement for transgender rights.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+18)
Critics 86Audiences 68GoodWatch 76
Tomatometer95%
Metascore76
IMDb7.2
Audience score68%
User score6.3
Running time
1 h 26 min
Shorter than most documentaries, −10 min on the typical 96
typical 9686Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 83 countries
+73Released
2023
January 23, 2023
3 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
15 of 15
Kristen Parker LovellSelf
Ceyenne DoroshowSelf
Egyptt LaBeijaSelf- I“Izzi “Cashmere” StarzSelf
- TGTabytha GonzalezSelf
- SRStefanie RiveraSelf
- ERElizabeth RiveraSelf
- CSCarey SmithSelf
Sylvia RiveraSelf (archive footage)
Marsha P. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
RuPaulSelf (archive footage)
Rudolph GiulianiSelf (archive footage)
Michael BloombergSelf (archive footage)
Laverne CoxSelf (archive footage)
Zohran MamdaniSelf (archive footage)
Directing · 2
- Kristen Parker Lovell Director
- Zackary Drucker Director
Production · 7
- Lisa Heller Executive Producer
- Sara Rodriguez Executive Producer
- Carlos King Executive Producer
- Scott Shatsky Executive Producer
- Nancy Abraham Executive Producer
- Matt Wolf Producer
Camera · 1
- Sara Kinney Director of Photography
Editing · 4
- Mel Mel Sukekawa-Mooring Editor
- Johanna E. Cameron Associate Editor
- Stacy Goldate Supervising Editor
- Oliver Dunne Assistant Editor
Sound · 3
- Jordi Nus Original Music Composer
- James Newberry Original Music Composer
- Anh T. Do Music Supervisor
Art · 2
- Liz Toonkel Production Design
- Julia Eckhardt Assistant Art Director
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Alexandra Baranoff Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 2
- Jane Samborski Animation
- Emily Wolver Animation
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