

Trans people were at the forefront of the 1969 uprising at Greenwich Village’s Stonewall Inn, but their stories have not always been central in film representations of LGBT life in the city. T.V. Transvestite captures a fierce House of LaBeija Ball thrown at a Harlem Bingo Hall. Considered “lost” and not screened in public for over two decades, the film shows legends Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Sugar in the period before voguing and the advent of AIDS. A stirring example of how queer focused and produced film has long flourished in NYC.

The Class of ‘92
2013

180° South
2010

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
2017

Fuck
2006

American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince
1978

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
2022

Paris Is Burning
1991

The Battered Bastards of Baseball
2014

Public Speaking
2011

Directed by John Ford
1971