PRESS KIT
Included in the press kit is a movie poster, a data sheet with bio’s, synopsis, facts about migrants that identify as transgender and most importantly information on how audiences can watch the film.
Film Reviews and Press
QUEERTY
“The Right Girls just landed on streaming services this week. We spoke with Wolfer about the film and his own harrowing journey across Mexico.”
The Seoul Times
"Best Feature Documentary went to "The Right Girls" by video-journalist Timothy Wolfer, who regularly works for CNN. "The Right Girls" is about transgender migrants who, besides poverty and homelessness, have to deal with discrimination and violence on their way to the US.”
QUEERTY
"Timely and moving, we've never seen a story quite like this."
Philadelphia Gay News
“An urgent, cogent documentary that makes visible the experiences of migrant trans women seeking refuge in America.”
Eile Magazine
"Come along on a perilous journey as three young, transgender migrants seek out freedom in the documentary, The Right Girls."
Brianwhisenant.com
"Within minutes I knew this film and these women were special. A privilege to watch."
Boston Edge Media
"Three young transgender women develop a deep friendship as they walk and hitch rides northwards, coping with long journeys, limited funds, and regular harassment.”
The Austin Chronical
"A body of evidence in support of empathy...if you watch it and don't come out with a little more compassion, you might be a lost cause." "A body of evidence in support of empathy...if you watch it and don't come out with a little more compassion, you might be a lost cause."
Pro Video Coalition
“I hope this breaks down the barrier of language and allows others to create foreign language documentaries with greater ease.”
South Florida Gay News
“I hope that it really gave them an agency and a voice,” Wolfer said in a telephone interview. “So many people in that situation never get the opportunity. I hope the film gives them a platform.”
Queerguru
“You need to watch the film and see the fate of the girls.”
CGiii
“Watch this, a film with such power and punch...and delicacy.”
Blogger Rachel Maldonado
Interview with Timothy Wolfer about The Right Girls
No Rest for the Weekend
“Wolfer’s film not only aims to disprove the epithets, but to emphasize the inherent humanity in these displaced people. While this could be a shameless bit of treacle, The Right Girls succeeds in part because the good and the bad of that humanity is on full display.”