Trans Teens, American Muslims, and Harriet Tubman Get Their Due at Cinematters

A shot from Adam Zucker’s American Muslim.

Before “Jokering” around, Joaquin Phoenix noted in the 2005 documentary Earthlings: “Since we all inhabit the earth, we are all considered earthlings. There is no sexism, racism, or speciesism in the term ‘earthling.’ It encompasses each and every one of us: warm- or cold-blooded, mammal, vertebrate or invertebrate, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish and human…