"Summer Within" Film Screening and Q&A

The film, directed by Staten Islander Summer Minerva and Adam Golub, follows the story of Summer, a queer/trans Italian American from Graniteville, as she looks for belonging and home through her relationship with her Italian grandmother, in decline with dementia. The journey takes Summer to Naples, Italy, where she discovers an ancient transgender tradition called the femminielli, which opens her eyes to a deeper sense of belonging.