State of Firsts

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

- "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

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

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

Danielle Solzman

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

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

my home state, a state of firsts, for better or for worse (in sarah's case a better)💙 very cool to talk with her and be there in the theater with other Delawareans to watch this screening

Xander

omg I make a cameo in this, im so honored  (anyways i absolutely loved this as a Delawarean. So proud I voted for her and she represents me in Congress. Love Sarah. Love Wawa. Love the Eagles. Love Delaware)

justind6810