In its second year, the 360-degree program highlights some of the most pressing issues of the day that affect the LGBTQ+ community, and features original reporting and analysis by and for a community that is often underserved by the media. NewFest Pride will once again host a screening of LGBTQ Nation’s docu-series, Authentic Voices of Pride, presented by Chevrolet, followed by a panel discussion. This screening is co-presented with Rooftop Films, The Meatpacking District, and HBO Documentaries, and will be followed by a reception at The Whitney Museum of National Art. The series will close with the previously announced free outdoor screening of the Sundance award-winning film The Stroll by Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker ( Transparent, Framing Agnes), a powerful and inspiring documentary that tells the history of New York’s Meatpacking District told from the point of view of transgender sex workers who lived and worked there.

Bottoms will be followed by NewFest’s Women’s Night Out party.Īdditional films in the lineup include the New York premiere of Jewelle: A Just Vision, from award-winning filmmaker Madeleine about novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and journalist Jewelle Gomez Mutt directed by NewFest alumni Vuk Lungulov-Klotz and the New York premiere of Aristotle & Dante Discover The Secrets of The Universe, directed by Aitch Alberto and produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda. The series lineup includes the New York premiere of A24’s Problemista, written and directed by Julio Torrres the New York premiere of Orion Pictures’ Bottoms, a hilarious and raucous romp directed by NewFest alumni Emma Seligman (SHIVA BABY), and written by Seligman and Rachel Sennott. Fairyland has its world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and is an adaptation of Alysia Abbot’s memoir about growing up with her queer father in 1970s-1980s San Francisco. NewFest Pride will showcase nine highly anticipated feature films, including the New York Premiere of the series’ opening night film Fairyland, written and directed by Andrew Durham, produced by Sofia Coppola, and starring Emilia Jones, Scoot McNairy, Geena Davis and Adam Lambert. “We’re excited to honor trailblazers such as Jewelle Gomez and celebrate emerging LGBTQ+ filmmakers such as Aitch Alberto, Julio Torres, Vuk Lungulov-Klotz and Emma Seligman through their authentic and unapologetically queer stories.” “From family dramas to documentaries to absurdist comedies, this year’s line-up includes an expanse of highly anticipated films that capture the varied ways our community expresses pride” said NewFest Director of Programming Nick McCarthy.

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