

The Stroll
2023-01-23 · 86 min · ★ 6.5
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.
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- Directors
- Kristen Parker Lovell, Zackary Drucker
- Production companies
- HBO Documentary Films, Kingdom Reign Entertainment, Polari Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Kristen Parker LovellSelf
Ceyenne DoroshowSelf
Egyptt LaBeijaSelf
Sylvia RiveraSelf (archive footage)
Marsha P. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
RuPaulSelf (archive footage)
Rudolph GiulianiSelf (archive footage)
Michael BloombergSelf (archive footage)
Laverne CoxSelf (archive footage)
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