Queer and Uncensored: Transcendence

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The People’s Revolt. 2022. Chile/USA. Directed by Anto(n) Astudillo. Courtesy the artist

All Women Are Equal. 1972. UK. Directed by Marguerite Paris. 15 min. 16mm
Last Call at the Chelsea. 1998. USA. Directed by Alice O’Malley. 6 min. Digital
EXO. 2019. Chile/USA. Directed by Anto(n) Astudillo. 4 min. Digital
Pirate Boys. 2018. Germany. Directed by Pol Merchan. 13 min. Digital
Tribute. 2018. UK. Directed by Max Disgrace, Lina Bembe. 8 min. Digital
The People’s Revolt. 2022. Chile/USA. Directed by Anto(n) Astudillo. 15 min. Digital

Program run time: 61 min

Works on trans themes are featured in this program, exploring personal experiences and reflecting on gender identity, expression, and activism. “Without focusing on spectacle,” Marguerite Paris’s All Women Are Equal is a portrait of a male-to-female transsexual who offers “unique insights into her experience and psyche.” In Last Call at the Chelsea, “Dr. Julia, world-renowned mathematician and legendary hermaphrodite, makes one final call before her appointment with Dr. Kevorkian, the suicide doctor.” In Anto(n) Astudillo’s EXO “the body of the performer is a vulnerable surface. The metal dust is the eroding factor altering it…resisting and grasping, transformation becomes inevitable.” Pol Merchan’s Pirate Boys is a hybrid mix of documentary and performance “exploring trans subjectivity.” With Tribute, the title of which is in reference to Annette Kennerley's Sex, Lies, Religion, trans artist Max Disgrace and co-collaborator Lina Bembe “re-imagine the idea of a lesbian cruising ground in London” for a time when real options are few. Demonstrating commitment to political action, The People’s Revolt witnesses “the social unrest in Santiago in the fall of 2019…as the artist takes part in the protests.”

This film accompanies Queer and Uncensored.

Past events

Fri, Jun 27, 6:30 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2/T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1
Tue, Jun 10, 7:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2/T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1

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