Following one of LGBTQ+ America’s rising political stars on the 2022 campaign trail for his U.S. Senate run, Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn cuts to the heart of our national political process. Juxtaposing a grounded love story with a hotly contested Pennsylvania campaign, this engrossing rendering of Malcolm Kenyatta’s campaign confronts deep questions about how we consider what’s possible within the systems that affect us all. With its Black, queer candidate running against the latest in a long trail of white, cisgender male senators in his own state, the film wrestles with tough, nuanced questions about the notion of “electability” and the biases embedded within it.

Buoyed by Kenyatta’s natural charisma and the vigor of his allies, Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn finds signs of hope even in the face of long odds, charting a path to a better future. With expert testimonies accompanying fierce and urgently necessary moments of heated confrontation, director Timothy Harris provides a thought-provoking framework for the emotionally and politically charged realities beating at this film’s heart.