“Are you better off today than you were four years ago?” It’s a question that’s going to be everywhere this election year, but for most queer people in America the answer, as always, is no. In this captivating program inspired by the theme of this year’s Mighty Real Queer Detroit biennial: “I’ll Be Your Mirror: Reflections of the Contemporary Queer”, filmmaker Adam Baran curates his favorite LGBTQ+ documentary shorts from the past 4 years of the pandemic, creating an intergenerational portrait of our lives in these increasingly perilous times. You’ll visit the sites of early queer rights rebellions in Los Angeles and San Francisco, experience a punk rock fairytale in Florida, observe three queer elders grappling with their place in the world, and witness firsthand how issues like isolation, climate catastrophe, racism, transphobia and gentrification are impacting our lives today. Yet even within our struggles, there are moments of beauty, joy, and hard-fought freedom, as this essential collection of films clearly illustrates.