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Director Jeannie FinlayJeannie Finlay likes the unusual. The UK-based documentarian has chronicled fake hip hop stars in The Great Hip Hop Hoax, Elvis impostors in Orion and even the appeal of goth culture in Goth Cruise, all without judgment, and all while balancing motherhood on the side. This year, Finlay adds another distinctive subject to her filmography with Seahorse. The film follows a British transgender man named Freddie McConnell who decides to conceive and give birth to his own child. Finlay’s camera catches every tumultuous...

Jerry Mitchell with his Tony AwardSirens sound as I pick up the phone. “Sorry, I’m on the New York street.” Jerry Mitchell apologizes for the noise. The out-gay Tony Award-winning director and choreographer of shows like Hairspray, Legally Blonde and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels sounds a bit out of breath. We don’t need to ask why. In addition to having just wrapped the annual benefit Broadway Bares, a burlesque review that raises money for HIV/AIDS research, just the week before, Mitchell is unveiling his cinematic production...