Framing Agnes
Framing Agnes | |
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Directed by | Chase Joynt |
Written by | Chase Joynt Morgan M. Page |
Produced by | Samantha Curley Shant Joshi |
Starring | Angelica Ross Zackary Drucker Jen Richards Max Wolf Valerio Silas Howard Stephen Ira |
Cinematography | Aubree Bernier-Clarke |
Edited by | Cecilio Escobar Brooke Sebold |
Production companies | Fae Pictures Level Ground |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Framing Agnes is a 2022 Canadian documentary film, directed by Chase Joynt.[1] 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.[2]
Synopsis[]
The film explores the concept of the trans icon. It uses a hybrid format, combining scholarly analysis with clips based on archived interviews, filmed with transgender actors.
Background[]
The film is an expansion of Joynt's short film of the same title, which premiered in 2019.[1][2]
Cast[]
The cast includes Angelica Ross, Zackary Drucker, Jen Richards, Max Wolf Valerio, Silas Howard and Stephen Ira.[3]
Release and reception[]
The film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival,[1] where Joynt won both the Audience Award and the Innovator Prize in the NEXT program.[4] In a critical review in Paste, Shayna Maci Warner wrote, "As a cinematic experience, the film feels pulled in several directions, formally incomplete and jagged."[2] IndieWire's review was similarly mixed, commenting negatively on the high proportion of academic content in the documentary, making it "feel more a history class than a story."[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c Morgan Sharp, "Toronto filmmaker Chase Joynt on framing Agnes". Toronto Star, January 31, 2022.
- ^ a b c Shayna Maci Warner, "The Intriguing Ideas and Rich Source Material of Framing Agnes Are Obscured by Its Own Meta". Paste, January 30, 2022.
- ^ Peter Knegt, "The extraordinary new film Framing Agnes interrogates how trans stories are told — and by whom". CBC Arts, January 28, 2022.
- ^ Kelly Townsend, "Framing Agnes wins two prizes at Sundance". Playback, January 31, 2021.
- ^ Dry, Jude (2022-01-28). "'Framing Agnes' Review: High Concept Trans Documentary Is Too Meta for Its Own Good". IndieWire. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
External links[]
- 2022 films
- English-language films
- 2022 documentary films
- 2022 LGBT-related films
- Canadian films
- Canadian documentary films
- Canadian LGBT-related films
- Transgender-related documentary films
- Canadian films based on actual events
- Sundance Film Festival award winners
- LGBT-related films based on actual events