Trace Lysette

“An Unmarried Woman, oh that's me. Paul Mazursky, I've heard this is good. 70s, I'm all about the 70s. I'm gonna take her.”

“What about Moonstruck? Cher and Nicolas Cage, it's a twofer. I love them both, two of my faves. Is this the one where she goes 'snap out of it'? Can I do that please? Cher, Cher, Cher.”

“Follows the exploits of two pansexual young men. Wow, talk about ahead of your time. Fellini constructs a weird old world that feels like science fiction. I mean, I'm down to smoke a joint and watch this.”

“Oh, now this is a gem. Thelma and Louise. Iconic Geena Davis, iconic Susan Sarandon. Can we remake this? I mean, I know it's a classic, but I want to be in the new one.”

“Where's the trans people? You need more trans people in the closet. Here's Paris Is Burning, this will do. It's a doc that changed my life. I saw it when I was probably a teenager and it blew my world open. Wow, look at Venus, Venus Xtravaganza. I'm a ballroom girl of 20 years or so and this is still kind of like the window into our world. When I think about Octavia Saint Laurent and Venus and all of the girls in the film, I just think about how they were born a little ahead of their time.”

“What is this? Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Oh, Almodóvar.”

“Oh, while we're doing Almodóvar, All About My Mother. I heard there is a trans actress in this one, so I will be taking this one.”

“Oh my God, Love Jones. Nia Long and Larenz Tate. This is such a moody, sexy, smooth, doused in butter and brown sugar of a film. It's just everything. I Love Jones.”

“Oh, Melvin Van Peebles. The Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song on here? Really? Oh my gosh, I'm taking this. What a career, what a life.”