State of Firsts

- "So, 'Representative'! That must sound good." - "It does, I worked hard for it. But Sarah's also fine. I worked hard for that, too." 💕 This was uplifting, though in a heavy way. It's hard to celebrate wins if overall it feels like so much is being lost. But watching…

Taliscent

Joynt’s fourth feature, State of Firsts, is a surprisingly intimate and complicated portrait of one of the most divisive political figures of our time: Sarah McBride. Controversial on all sides of the political spectrum, the first openly trans congresswoman is an…

MorganMPage

I don’t blame Sarah McBride. She has a life experience I can never fully understand, and faced challenges I can’t even comprehend. But what’s difficult in thinking about these gaps between us is just how familiar she feels. She is a corporate-owned moderate Democrat with no…

Connor Ling

feels like a netflix documentary. there are so many random shots of her feet which unfortunately reflects how random some of the documentary feels. there isn’t much of a drive pushing us to watch the next scene. i even forgot we were watching her get elected. there is no…

laura

State of Firsts should be required viewing for every member of Congress. Review.

Danielle Solzman

State of Firsts is an informative look at how politicians identities can reshape their existence as a political servant. It was very interesting to know how Sarah McBride kept her policy on the forefront of her movement, not allowing her existence as a trans woman to affect…

Emmett Doty

Let’s do what Mr Rogers taught us and be nice to each other.  Not calling someone by the name they want doesn’t make sense. Like. How do you think I got this name in the first place? Someone chose it. Hope this movie gets a wide release soon. Great story.

Kaboomy

my friend produced this doc about someone who was student body president when we were in college, and now happens to be a historic member of Congress!! and I just think that’s really cool!! yay Jenna and yay Sarah!!

meg

loooooved this. a really thoughtful portrait of a trailblazer who is all too aware of the fires around her, but presses on anyway. and, as illuminated in the post-screening Q&A, a coming-of-age story in its own right!

Kevin O'Keeffe