What’s most astonishing about the film is the way it refuses the censuring, sensationalized gaze that has so often been used to frame and present the lives of trans sex workers.

Ostensibly a slice of local history of an increasingly gentrified city that sees marginalized folks as handily disposable, “The Stroll” is an empathetic portrait of a community still fighting for its own survival.

It’s the rare movie that allows transgender sex workers to speak for themselves without sanitizing or sensationalizing their experiences.

Lovell's direct involvement within the narrative gives way to genuine and engaging interviews with other sex workers of colour.