i’m gonna make you love me is a full-length documentary film about the life of Brian, who in the 1980s, was a transgendered woman named Tish. She was one of New York’s most famous downtown divas. “Tish was a glamorous busty lusty Fellini-esque beauty, cabaret chanteuse, and good time girl,” says journalist Michael Musto, in the film. Then, after more than a decade as Tish, she transitioned back to Brian. Now in his sixties, Brian’s iterations include army wife and loving husband; sex worker; club performer; actor; author; playwright; AIDS survivor; and counselor. His unique odyssey is a moving and thought-provoking look at gender identity. It’s also a love story, a tale of survival and a colorful hearkening back to a gritty Manhattan and the glory days of access television. i’m gonna make you love me is not political or a polemic documentary piece. It’s about the universal desire to feel comfortable in one’s own skin, and the reality that some of us have to work much harder to get there.