Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is sitting in a convertible and waving. She is surrounded by people at a Pride parade.

MAJOR! explores the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a formerly incarcerated Black transgender elder and activist who has been fighting for the rights of trans women of color for over 40 years.

Miss Major was a veteran of the Stonewall Rebellion and a survivor of Attica State Prison, a former sex worker, an elder, and a community leader and human rights activist. She is simply “Mama” to many in her community. Her personal story and activism for transgender civil rights intersects LGBT struggles for justice and equality from the 1960s to 2025. At the center of her activism is her fierce advocacy for her girls, trans women of color who have survived police brutality and incarceration in men’s jails and prisons.

With: Trans Heaven, Pennsylvania

Presented by:

Hamburg international Queer film festival logo

8 pm
Centro Sociale

Director

Annalise Ophelian

Country

USA

Year

2016

Runtime

90 min.

Language

English with German subtitles

Format

digital

Social

@theMAJORdoc