Sasha Wortzel

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Sasha Wortzel

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Grit & GrindGrit & Grind · 2013
Grit & Grind
1.02013
Movie
A short documentary about Clit Club, a lesbian party held in New York City’s Meatpacking District in the 1990s as the city struggled with the AIDS epidemic.
Fucking Different XXYFucking Different XXY · 2014
Fucking Different XXY
2.62014
MovieDrama
Fucking Different XXY intends finally to dissolve the binarity of classic gender identities. Seven transgender filmmakers from all over the world have made short films about aspects of sexuality that are alien to them.
Happy Birthday, Marsha!Happy Birthday, Marsha! · 2018
Happy Birthday, Marsha!
3.52018
MovieDramaHistory
It's a hot summer day in June, 1969. Marsha throws herself a birthday party and dreams of performing at a club in town, but no one shows up. Sylvia, Marsha’s best friend, distraught from an unsuccessful introduction between her lover and her family, gets so stoned she forgets about the party. Marsha, Sylvia, and friends eventually meet at the Stonewall Inn to celebrate Marsha's birth. When the police arrive to raid the bar, Marsha and Sylvia are among the first to fight back.
We Came to SweatWe Came to Sweat · 2014
We Came to Sweat
1.02014
MovieDocumentary
Facing eviction the oldest black-owned gay bar in Brooklyn relies on a passionate community in its fight for survival.
River of GrassRiver of Grass · 2025
River of Grass
10.02025
MovieDocumentary
An ode to the Florida Everglades, past and present, told through the prescient writings of Marjory Stoneman Douglas and those who today call the region home.
Paint It AgainPaint It Again · 2010
Paint It Again
2010
Movie
Paint it Again explores the home shared by a woman and her late partner for over 40 years. Now the home of only one surviving partner, the space has become museum-like. Meticulously arranged and decorated, the house is full of objects like artifacts that hold memories and hint at a life shared in this space, a life that is now gone.
We Have Always Been on FireWe Have Always Been on Fire · 2018
We Have Always Been on Fire
2018
Movie
Set among the dunes and clubs of Fire Island, which have witnessed decades of cruising and dancing, the film blends a performance of Morgan Bassichis's song "We Have Always Been on Fire" with 1976 footage by queer nightlife documentarian Nelson Sullivan. We Have Always Been on Fire traces a queer lineage and engages with loss.
This is an AddressThis is an Address · 2020
This is an Address
2020
MovieDocumentary
Stonewall veterans (including prominent trans activist Sylvia Rivera) and HIV-positive New Yorkers take up residency on the Hudson River piers as cranes raze vacant buildings for a new skyline.

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