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‘Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later’ Review: Trailblazers Revisited
This documentary from Daniel Peddle offers an update on the transmasculine people of color who participated in ballroom culture in the 1990s.

‘Plan C’ Review: Abortion by Mail
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...

‘Nowhere’ Review: Sensationalism at Sea
This thriller from the Spanish director Albert Pintó follows a pregnant refugee forced to survive in a shipping container adrift in the ocean.

‘Invisible Beauty’ Review: The Battle to Diversify
This documentary presents a vision of the fashion industry through the eyes of Bethann Hardison — a model, agent and champion of Black representation.

‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’ Review: She’s Growing Up
Sandler family members (plus Idina Menzel) lean on each other in this Netflix comedy about growing up.

‘Mutt’ Review: Surviving Reconciliation
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.

‘Aurora’s Sunrise’ Review: A Patchwork Record of the Armenian Genocide
This standout documentary combines archival footage and animated re-enactments to share one survivor’s memories.

‘Kokomo City’ Review: Dispatches From the Down Low
The director D. Smith’s new documentary follows four Black transgender women, who talk about how they got into sex work.

‘Every Body’ Review: Celebrating the ‘I’ in L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+
The documentary follows three openly intersex people, set against the larger backdrop of decades of secrecy and unnecessary surgeries.

‘Blue Jean’ Review: No Privacy in the Girls’ Locker Room
School bullying rattles the life of a closeted lesbian teacher in this accomplished period drama.