Framing Agnes

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Call Number: DVD 306.768 Fr, Adult DVD / Nonfiction / Social Science / Framing Agnes
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Originally released as a motion picture in 2022.
Wide screen.
Bonus: "Framing Agnes" (2019); Theatrical trailer.
Carmen Carrera, Katie Couric, Laverne Cox, Angelica Ross, Jen Richards.
The pseudonymous Agnes was a pioneering transgender woman who participated in an infamous gender health study conducted at UCLA in the 1960s. Her clever use of the study to gain access to gender-affirming healthcare led to her status as a fascinating and celebrated figure in trans history. In this innovative cinematic exercise that blends fiction and nonfiction, director Chase Joynt uses Agnes's story, along with others unearthed in long-shelved case files, to widen the frame through which trans history is viewed. Through a collaborative practice of reimagination, an all-star cast of trans performers, artists, and thinkers including Angelica Ross, Jen Richards, and Zackary Drucker, take on vividly rendered, impeccably vintage reenactments, bringing to life groundbreaking artifacts of trans history. This collective reclamation breaks down the myth of isolation among transgender history-makers, breathing new life into a lineage of collaborators and conspirators who have been forgotten for far too long.
DVD, wide screen.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Interesting style submitted by majean on June 18, 2023, 12:52pm This was a unique take on a documentary that I hadn't seen before. I enjoyed hearing from so many different voices from the actors portraying them. It really put a face to these very real people from history.