Port Authority (film)


Port Authority is a 2019 American drama film written and directed by Danielle Lessovitz. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast

The film's title Port Authority refers to the Port Authority Bus Terminal, the arrival point of Paul in the film as he seeks a better life in New York; Bloom said that this reflected her own journey from the Midwest to the station in the city at seventeen. Lessovitz also explained that the station is often a place of congregation and work for queer women of color in New York, as well as providing a sense of the transient because of the station's primary function.
As well as being a black trans actress from the Midwest, Bloom is also a real-life drag ball house mother.