Against a Trans Narrative

Blending fiction, nonfiction, and experimental film genres, Jules Rosskam (Transparents) initiates a dialogue between feminists, queers, and transfolk about the way we construct personal and historical narratives. Careful attention is paid to the ways generation, race, class, and culture impact our understandings of gender. The film asks a series of provocative questions: What does it mean to be trans? Is there an idealized perception of trans-masculine identity? What is the diversity of the trans-masculine experience? Is there an "idealised" community narrative? The result is a thought-provoking and political opus, innovative in both form and substance.

+ Clouded

Ajae Clearway, 2007, US, video, ov st fr & nl, 13'

In a family of farmers, a young boy finds out a terrible secret by accident. Filmed in a western style, this is one serious and emotive drama.

+ Line of Sight

Eliza Steinbock & Charles Lofton, 2008, US-NL, video, ov ang st fr & nl, 6'

Conversations and confidences between a trans-lover and a queer-man set to a backgound of abstract images which evoke the delicious fluctuations of desire.

Realisation
Jules Rosskam
Year
2008
country
United States
Format
video
Original version
Subtitles
fr & nl
Duration
61 min.
Screenings
25.10.2009 > 19:30