TRACING UTOPIA is an odyssey into the dreams of a group of queer teens in New York City as they envision a better world. Directed by Catarina de Sousa and Nick Tyson, this short documentary imagines a form of a queer community transcending time through glimpses of a utopia made manifest in the streets, in community spaces, and online. A collaborative manifesto weaves these pasts and futures together,calling for the change that queer youth strive for today: “As queer teens in Queens, we demand this in order to build a better world.”