‘The Inspection’ has finally hit Netflix, bringing Black queer veterans back into focus
The Inspection, a 2022 autobiographical film by Elegance Bratton now streaming on Netflix, breaks the imposed silence of a generation of Black queer veterans, offering audiences one of the first Hollywood-backed projects that takes us inside the life and times of a Black queer Marine.
Featuring a Golden Globe-nominated performance by Jeremy Pope, the film spotlights the indignities of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) and provides an opportunity to interrogate how the policy still affects the lives of former Black queer troops more than a decade after its repeal.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.The Inspection is an honest re-telling of the Director’s lived experiences surviving Marine boot camp under DADT.
In a post-9/11 America, Elegance found himself homeless on the streets of New York City, abandoned by his homophobic mother.
To alter his circumstances, he enlisted in the military to chart a new path for his life, only to find himself on the receiving end of prejudice-induced hazing that tested his fortitude.
