Framing Agnes
Agnes, the pioneering, pseudonymized, transgender woman who participated in Harold Garfinkelโs gender health research at UCLA in the 1960s, has long stood as a figurehead of trans history. In this rigorous cinematic exercise that blends fiction and nonfiction, director Chase Joynt explores where and how her platform has become a pigeonhole. Framing Agnes endeavors to widen the frame through which trans history is viewed โ one that has remained too narrow to capture the multiplicity of experiences eclipsed by Agnesโ. Through a collaborative practice of reimagination, an impressive lineup of trans stars (Zackary Drucker, Angelica Ross, Jen Richards, Max Wolf Valerio, Silas Howard, and Stephen Ira) take on vividly rendered, impeccably vintage reenactments, bringing to life groundbreaking artifacts of trans healthcare.
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Genre: Documentary
Director: Chase Joynt
Actors: Angelica Ross, Jen Richards, Jules Gill-Peterson, Max Wolf Valerio, Silas Howard, Stephen Ira, Zackary Drucker
Country: Canada, United States
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