Director: Ella Lemhagen Stars: Gustaf Skarsgrd, Torkel Petersson, Tom Ljungman, Amanda Davin. The mother is lonely and the daughter is coming of age. A Swedish gay couple adopt what they think is an 18-month-old orphan, only to meet their new son, a 15-year-old homophobic delinquent. A mother and her daughter are running short of money and are thankful that they could rent a room to a writer (Gennady Petrovich).
My Name Is Pauli Murray was the Audience Favorite Feature at the 2021 Aspen Film Festival, the winner of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in 2021, and the winner of the Truly Moving Picture Award at the 2021 Heartland Film Festival, and is a must-see on Amazon Prime. Russkaya Lolita movie The action of a controversial novel Lolita, of the famous Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov, reset to present day Russia. During their career, they were instrumental in pushing for LGBTQ+ rights, the desegregation of schools, and gender equality. Murray, a non-binary feminist activist and poet, was the first Black person to earn a JSD degree from Yale Law School and the first Black person perceived as a woman to become an Episcopal priest in the United States.
While researching for their film about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Julie Cohen and Betsy West decided to dive into another significant yet often-overlooked name from history who inspired not only RBG, but the likes of Thurgood Marshall as well.
Complicating matters are Francesca’s engagement to David. From the directors of RBG comes another documentary detailing the life of Black lawyer and Civil Rights activist Pauli Murray. From writer-director Eric Schaeffer comes a sex-positive romantic comedy about a young transgender woman, Ricky (Michelle Hendley), who sparks an instant connection with the new-to-town Francesca (Alexandra Turshen) when she stumbles into the coffee shop Ricky works at.