Framing Agnes
Year: 2022
Country:
CANADA, USA
Language:
English
Run Time:
75 minutes
In the 1950s, far before the word transgender was used in the mainstream, Agnes Torres approached the UCLA Medical Center seeking sex reassignment surgery. Born male, Torres always felt she was meant to be in a woman’s body, and she was one of the first public figures to make this dream a reality. Through her transitional process, Torres met with sociologist Harold Garfinkel, who recorded their conversations about Torres’ life as a trans woman. Garfinkel’s work with Torres became the first known American case study of a transgender individual’s experience. For decades to come, Torres’ life would be seen as a source of inspiration and strength within the LGBTQIA+ community. But, as it turns out, she was not alone in her endeavors. Years later a small group of filmmakers would discover dozens of other transcripts from interviews that Garfinkel gave to other people who had successfully transitioned; people whose stories were never told publicly. Filled with true-to-life reenactments of Garfinkel's interviews, the experimental documentary FRAMING AGNES examines these powerful untold stories alongside the stories of the modern day trans people who play these historic icons. —G.S.
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Accessibility (?)
Closed Captions: No
Audio Description: No
English Subtitles: No
Sidebars
Queer Cinema
Women of the World
Competition
Nesnadny + Schwartz Portrait Documentary Competition
Director
Chase Joynt
Producers
Samantha Curley, Shant Joshi, Chase Joynt
Screenwriting
Chase Joynt, Morgan M. Page
Cinematography
Aubree Bernier Clarke
Editing
Brooke Stern Sebold, Cecilio Escobar
Featuring
Jules Gill-Peterson, Angelica Ross, Jen Richards, Zackary Drucker, Max Wolf Valerio
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