Port Authority

Name: Port Authority
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: May 28, 2021
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Azza Melton, Devon Carpenter, Eddie Plaza, Fionn Whitehead, Leyna Bloom

2021

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ARP Sélection | Release Date: May 28, 2021 | R

Starring: Azza Melton, Devon Carpenter, Eddie Plaza, Fionn Whitehead, Leyna Bloom, Louisa Krause, McCaul Lombardi, Stephen Cavalieri, Taliek Jeqon, William Dufault

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VOD/digital release: June 1, 2021.

Summary: Port Authority is a love story set in New York's kiki ballroom scene, and follows Paul, a 20 year old midwesterner, who arrives at the central bus station and quickly catches eyes with Wye, a 22 year old girl voguing on the sidewalk. After Paul seeks her out in secret, an intense love between them blossoms. But when Paul discovers Wye isPort Authority is a love story set in New York's kiki ballroom scene, and follows Paul, a 20 year old midwesterner, who arrives at the central bus station and quickly catches eyes with Wye, a 22 year old girl voguing on the sidewalk. After Paul seeks her out in secret, an intense love between them blossoms. But when Paul discovers Wye is trans, he is forced to confront his own identity and what it means to belong.… Expand

Director: Danielle Lessovitz

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 101 min

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IndieWire Eric Kohn

May 18, 2019

It’s not the most polished endeavor ... However, Bloom gives Wye such a dynamic screen presence that she often transcends the boundaries of the material. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

May 18, 2019

Port Authority is vehement, urgent and sensual – not perfect, and I would have liked to have seen more extended dance sequences. But it is made with storytelling gusto and heart. Read full review

Chris Vognar

May 25, 2021

Port Authority is never in a hurry. It often feels like it’s being lived as you watch. That won’t satisfy viewers who need a tight narrative with recognizable beats, but if you’re looking for an immersive love story that takes you places you might not know, that challenges your conception of what romance looks and feels like, Port Authority is a great place to stop. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

May 25, 2021

It’s been a minute or decade or three since we’ve seen urban homelessness put on display with this level of detail in this blend of pathos and judgement. Read full review

Lee Marshall

May 18, 2019

Mixing tough US social realism with butch femme poses is an intriguing exercise, although this small, sincere drama never quite resolves the awkwardness of the meld. Read full review

Steve Pond

May 18, 2019

A rough but vital film. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

May 28, 2021

The main goal of Port Authority is the simple but unfortunately necessary message that “hey, trans people are people, too!” It’s too bad this film isn’t really about them. Read full review

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UncleWillard

Jun 1, 2021

I can't imagine this type of propaganda makes money. Hopefully that will hit home and this kind of crap will end.

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