Danielle Lessovitz Courtesy of Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective
Alum Danielle Lessovitz’s first feature film, Port Authority, just wrapped up shooting. The film was written and directed by Lessovitz and fellow alum Jomo Fray was the DP. Sikelia Productions, owned by alum Martin Scorsese, produced the feature.
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 is trans, he is forced to confront his own identity and what it means to belong.
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