“We have heard the story told by the hunter and not by the lion, and not by the lions who not only fought back but got away,” “Pose’s” Angelica Ross says in a brand new trailer for “Framing Agnes.” The award-winning doc reimagines trans historical past in America by the story of 1 Agnes (Zachary Drucker, “Transparent”).
“Agnes” was the pseudonym of a younger trans girl who “lied her way into the UCLA Gender Clinic to get access to surgery” and gender-affirming healthcare within the Nineteen Sixties, the trailer tells us. “Framing Agnes” blends fiction and non-fiction and makes use of the “fascinating and celebrated figure in trans history” as a springboard to revisit different uncared for case recordsdata of trans people, per the movie’s synopsis.
“It’s wild to be part of a project like this that kind of blows open a vault,” Ross says within the trailer.
The actress and trans rights activist is joined by different trans entertainers and thinkers reminiscent of Jen Richards (“Mrs. Fletcher”) to carry to life never-before-seen interviews of the UCLA research. The trailer features a reenactment of a chat present interview with a trans man who used paint to hide the “F” on his drivers license, which the authorities scraped off. “They asked me are you a man or a woman? And I said, ‘Well, that’s a matter of opinion.”
Ross and Richards beforehand shared the display in “Her Story,” a sequence in regards to the courting lives of trans and queer girls, for which the latter which acquired an Emmy nom.
Drucker acted in and produced “Transparent.” She acquired an Emmy nomination for doc quick “This Is Me,” in regards to the day by day challenges trans people face. “Better Things” and “Clarice” are amongst Richard’s credit.
Known for her portrayal of Candy in “Pose,” FX’s drama about ball tradition within the ‘80s and ‘90s, Ross’ different credit embody “American Horror Story” and “Claws.”
Morgan M. Page wrote “Framing Agnes” with director Chase Joynt. The movie premiered earlier this 12 months at Sundance Film Festival, the place it took dwelling the Audience Award within the NEXT part and a NEXT Innovator Award. It might be in theaters December 2.