Sasha Wortzel

Sasha Wortzel is an artist, filmmaker, educator, and activist, based in New York City.

In 2017, in collarboration with Tourmaline, she wrote, directed, and produced the short Happy Birthday, Marsha! She and Tourmaline raised over $25,000 on Kickstarter to fund the film.

Wortzel co-created the documentary We Came to Sweat: The Legend of Starlite. The film concerns the community efforts to stop the eviction of the Starlite Lounge, the oldest black gay bar in Brooklyn. It was a highlight of the 2014 New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival.

Wortzel's interactive artwork 42 Butter Lane (2011) was included in the 2014 exhibition Roaming House at A.I.R. Gallery. The exhibition, curated by Mira Schor, sought to update the 1972 feminist art installation Womanhouse.

Her first feature documentary. River of Grass, premiered in 2025, described as "an ode to the Florida Everglades past and present, told through the prescient writings of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and those who today call the region home."

References

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  2. ↑ King, Jamilah (August 15, 2014). "Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson: Trans Pioneers, BFFs, Film Stars". ColorLines. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  3. ↑ Mancuso, Anne; Khatib, Joumana; Boryga, Andrew (July 24, 2014). "Spare Times Listings for July 25–31". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 16, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  4. ↑ Sherwood Pundyk, Anne (February 5, 2014). "A 'Womanhouse' or a Roaming House? 'A Room of One's Own' Today". The Brooklyn Rail. Archived from the original on March 30, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  5. ↑ "River of Grass (2025)". imdb.com. Retrieved August 21, 2026.