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Sauvage / Wild
Why this pick
Like Port Authority, it follows a vulnerable young man navigating precarious city life, finding fleeting intimacy and dignity within a marginalized community.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2019 1h 34m USA
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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A Fantastic Woman
Why this pick
It pairs a trans woman’s deeply felt resilience with stylized urban imagery, matching Port Authority’s blend of social vulnerability, romance, and self-assertion.
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Streetwise
Why this pick
For Port Authority’s unvarnished view of young people surviving without stable homes, this intimate Seattle documentary has comparable immediacy and empathy.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Abandoned by his family, Paul becomes homeless in New York where he meets Wye living among her family in the Voguing community.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Fionn Whitehead
Paul
Leyna Bloom
Wye
McCaul Lombardi
Lee