Film Screenings / Programs / Series
THE CINEMA OF GENDER TRANSGRESSION
May 20 – June 2
“The Cinema of Gender Transgression” is an extensive, ongoing series exploring the ways in which cinema has intersected with the experiences, struggles, and ideas of transgender, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming lives and communities. Curated by Joey Carducci & Angelo Madsen Minax, with the participation of a variety of guest curators, the series showcases contemporary films and videos that explore concepts related to gender transgression as well as films that have had historical resonance within and beyond these communities.
Due to our ongoing COVID-19 mandated closure, we've decided to present the May installment of "The Cinema of Gender Transgression" online. Each film is available for a streaming fee, with a portion of the proceeds going to Anthology Film Archives to help support us during this time. We may organize theatrical screenings of one or more of the films once we're able to reopen, but for now the films are available online from May 20-June 2!
For the May installment, filmmaker Devin Utah has selected Brunna Laboissière’s first feature documentary, FABIANA (2018), a portrait of a trans woman truck driver, while filmmaker Frankie Symonds has selected STOP, Jeff Preiss’s epic compilation of 16mm diary footage shot between 1995-2011 and emotionally anchored by his child’s heroically decisive transformation of gender expression. The May chapter also includes Stephen Winter’s deliriously entertaining underground masterpiece, CHOCOLATE BABIES (1997), as well as radical filmmaker Želimir Žilnik’s pioneering work of Serbian queer cinema, MARBLE ASS (1995). The series was intended to include a 35mm screening of the Michael J. Fox-starring teen classic, TEEN WOLF (1985), which is nothing if not a portrait of identity expression in transformation; that film is available online separately via several different streaming services.
Special thanks to Oliver Sage, Frankie Symonds, Devin Utah and all the filmmakers, as well as to Eduardo Garretto Cerqueira (ZAG), Chris Chouinard (Park Circus), Brunna Laboissière (Artemisia Filmes), and Sarita Matijevic (Playground produkcija).
