Surviving the Block

2020 • Directed by

Rebecca Snow

A documentary that reveals the epidemic of violence against transgender women of colour through the eyes of Moka Dawkins, one woman who fought back against her attacker and survived... only to find herself on trial for his murder. Transgender sex worker, Moka Dawkins, is attacked by a client and fights him off, but when police arrive, it's Moka that's arrested and put on trial for murder.