"Sex Work. Survival. Sisterhood." 23 January 2023 Factual 86 mins
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.
Watch the official The Stroll 2023 trailer in HD below.
Kristen Parker Lovell as Self
Ceyenne Doroshow as Self
Egyptt LaBeija as Self
Izzi “Cashmere” Starz as Self
Tabytha Gonzalez as Self
Stefanie Rivera as Self
Elizabeth Rivera as Self
Carey Smith as Self
Sylvia Rivera as Self (archive footage)
Marsha P. Johnson as Self (archive footage)
RuPaul as Self (archive footage)
Rudolph Giuliani as Self (archive footage)
Michael Bloomberg as Self (archive footage)
Laverne Cox as Self (archive footage)
Zohran Kwame Mamdani as Self (archive footage)
James Newberry Original Music Composer
Matt Wolf Producer
Kristen Parker Lovell Director
Zackary Drucker Director
Lisa Heller Executive Producer
Sara Rodriguez Executive Producer
Nancy Abraham Executive Producer
Carlos King Executive Producer
Jordi Nus Original Music Composer
Scott Shatsky Executive Producer
Sara Kinney Director of Photography
Mel Mel Sukekawa-Mooring Editor
Emily Wolver Animation
Stacy Goldate Supervising Editor
Julia Eckhardt Assistant Art Director
Mexico 23 January 2023
Puerto Rico 21 June 2023
United States 21 June 2023
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