HBO Documentary Film Series

The Stroll (2023x9)

Air date: Jun 21, 2023

The documentary focuses on trans history from the perspective of Black and Latina trans women who had been sex workers in the Meatpacking District in New York City during the 1980s and 1990s, in a place referred to as "The Stroll," during the time period before the area became gentrified.[2][3][4] The film incorporates archival video and news footage as well as photographs.[5][3] Trans women who survived the 1980s and 1990s in New York City provide an oral history through interviews in the film.[5] Archival footage includes RuPaul visiting the area with a film crew.[5][6] The film also includes a focus on the murder of Amanda Milan, a Black trans woman sex worker who was killed in Times Square in 2000, the media response and the mobilization of the trans community that followed.[5] The film concludes with a June 2020 gathering of 15,000 people listening to Ceyenne Doroshow announce the success of a fundraiser to support housing for Black trans people.[5]