Framing Agnes (2022)

Directed by

Chase Joynt

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shows transgender actors reenacting case studies from a sociologist's work with transgender people in the 1950s. The director and cast examine these old records and talk about trans identity and history.

thoughtfulreflectiveemotionally layeredintimateinsightfulconversationalnostalgicslow-burn

What happens

Framing Agnes is a 2022 Canadian documentary film, directed by Chase Joynt. An examination of transgender histories, the film centres on Joynt and a cast of transgender actors reenacting various case studies from Harold Garfinkel's work with transgender clients at the University of California, Los Angeles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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