Event Description
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Sunset, Springer Market Square (behind City Hall)
Free Outdoor Film Screening
MOVIES IN THE SQUARE: PRIDE EDITION
HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY
(2025 Sundance Film Festival World Premiere)
89min/English/Colour/USA/2025
From director Sam Feder and the team that brought you DISCLOSURE comes this critically timed snapshot of the state of transgender rights and justice in America, especially for trans youth. ACLU attorney Chase Strangio takes on not only the Supreme Court but also the court of public opinion, as news coverage shapes the national conversation on this flashpoint topic for our times.
Community Partners: Presented by Downtown Kingston BIA and co-presented by community sponsors ReelOut Queer Film Fest and Kingston Pride!
“As if in stern rebuke to the ‘just asking questions’ crowd, who reduce people’s real lives to intellectual exercises, HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY interweaves thought and feeling simultaneously.”
— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety
Critic’s Pick. “What HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY reminded me is that the hope is inside of us, and that only through coalition building and helping others who need it the most will it truly be fulfilled.”
— Harrison Richlin, Indiewire
“‘A reminder that we can resist’: hard-hitting documentary takes aim at anti-trans rhetoric.”
— Adrian Horton, The Guardian
In-Person Event
Thu. June 19th + Add to Calendar
Springer Market Square
8:30pm
Free
