Polari Pictures is an award-winning New York-based production company founded by documentary filmmaker Matt Wolf. 

The company produces feature-length, multi-part, and short documentary films.

Polari’s latest Emmy-nominated film The Stroll is the story of New York’s Meatpacking District from the point of view of transgender sex workers who lived and worked there. The film won a Peabody, Cinema Eye Honor, GLAAD Media Award, and the Special Jury Prize for Clarity of Vision at Sundance. It is now streaming on HBO. 

Polari is currently finishing a multi-part documentary about the artist and performer Paul Reubens and his alter ego Pee-wee Herman for HBO. The film will premiere in 2025.

Polari was a form of slang used in England by actors, circus and fairground showmen, wrestlers, sailors, criminals, sex workers, and most popularly with queer people to hide conversations from undercover cops and hostile outsiders.

Polari Pictures is committed to uncovering forgotten or hidden histories, and telling the stories of fascinating and iconic individuals for contemporary audiences.

For more information about our work, visit mattwolf.info. Contact: office@mattwolf.info