This program gathers rare vintage short films that open a portal to trans feminine interior life between 1967 and 1982. We meet these women in moments of quiet confidence, everyday mundanity, and enduring glamour. Through deeply intimate portraits, these films unearth buried pieces of trans history while illuminating how the world has long constricted trans women’s freedom to be. Made under a police state, these portraits mirror the experiences of trans femmes today. Each woman captured becomes a living testament to ancestral resilience and the enduring necessity of trans documentation.

Curated for MIX NYC by Rosalina Michele and Thee Rose.

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Featuring:

BEHIND EVERY GOOD MAN (Nikolai Ursin, 1967)

ALL WOMEN ARE EQUAL (Marguerite Paris, 1972)

VALERIE (Joseph Horning, 1975)

TRANS (Manuel Herreros de Lemos & Mateo Manaure Arilla, 1982)

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Special thanks to the Film-Makers' Cooperative for providing 16mm prints and to the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA) and Bradford Nordeen for providing digital exhibition files.

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Tickets are $14 or $7 for Anthology Film Archives members.