In a groundbreaking victory, Sarah McBride became the first transgender person elected to Congress—in the same year Donald Trump returned to power on a campaign that featured a chilling anti-trans platform. This provocative and powerful doc brings us directly into McBride’s experience, following closely as she knocks on doors across Delaware, sharpens her message (and her elbows) to keep the focus on the issues that matter most to her constituents, shares a bittersweet election-night call with Joe Biden, and steps into her first year in office with Republicans banning her from using restrooms in the Capitol before she even arrives. Battling tirelessly on all fronts despite shocking mistreatment, McBride hangs on to her equilibrium as she demonstrates the power of choosing hope, taking action, and making the most of the opportunities for which she will fight like hell, for herself and all who will follow in her fearless footsteps. —Deanna Quinones
Chase Joynt
Chase Joynt is a nonfiction filmmaker and writer who works at the edges of genre. His documentary feature, Framing Agnes(2022), premiered at Sundance, where it won NEXT Innovator and Audience Awards and was named one of The New Yorker’s Best Movies of the Year. Chase co-directed No Ordinary Man (2020), which was presented at Cannes Docs-in-Progress before premiering at TIFF, and most recently, The Nest,which premiered at Hot Docs 2025.
INVITED GUESTS:
ALICE WU
TIFFANY SCHLAIN