Reel Affirmations XTRA: Washington DC’s International LGBTQ Monthly Film Series

REEL AFFIRMATIONS: Washington DC’s International LGBTQ+

Monthly Film Series

Presents

The Inspection

IN PERSON ONLY AT 7:00pm AT E STREET CINEMA 555 11th Street NW

95mins/USA/English

Written and Directed by Elegance Bratton

 Starring Jeremy Pope, Raúl Castillo, McCaul Lombardi, Aaron Dominguez,
Nicholas Logan, Eman Esfandi, Andrew Kai, Aubrey Joseph
with Bokeem Woodbine and Gabrielle Union

In Elegance Bratton’s deeply moving film inspired by his own story, a young, gay Black man, rejected by his
mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed
in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines
of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving
him a hard-earned sense of belonging that will shape his identity and forever change his life.

In Celebration Of Transgender Awareness Week

REEL AFFIRMATIONS: Washington DC’s International LGBTQ+

Monthly Film Series

Presents

Framing Agnes

IN PERSON ONLY AT 9:00pm AT E STREET CINEMA 555 11th Street NW

TICKET PURCHASE BELOW

THIS FILM HAS NO VIRTUAL SCREENINGS

75 mins/USA/English

Written And Directed by CHASE JOYNT

In 1958, a young trans woman named Agnes entered a study about sex disorders at UCLA to get the gender-affirming care she needed, by any means necessary. Her story was long considered to be exceptional until never-before-seen case files of other patients were found in 2017. Directed by Chase Joynt (NO ORDINARY MAN) and featuring an all-star cast of transgender artists and performers, FRAMING AGNES uses re-enactment and genre-blurring storytelling techniques to breathe new life into previously unknown people who redefined gender in the midcentury. Featuring Angelica Ross, Jen Richards, Zackary Drucker, Silas Howard, Max Wolf Valerio, and Stephen Ira.