Eman Esfandi

In the Spring of 1975, at the height of disco, a peculiar young woman with a passion for nightlife and a hunger for stardom is swept up in a psychological nightmare of cocaine, delusion, and disco.

Based on the research hospital where budding director Robert Rodriguez famously sold his body for $7,000 to finance his first film, El Mariachi.

In Elegance Bratton's deeply moving film inspired by his own story, a young, gay Black man with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the gruelling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community.