Orlando, My Political Biography

Showings

Ragtag Cinema Fri, Dec 1, 2023 2:00 PM
Ragtag Cinema Fri, Dec 1, 2023 7:30 PM
Ragtag Cinema Sat, Dec 2, 2023 7:00 PM
Ragtag Cinema Sat, Dec 2, 2023 9:30 PM
Ragtag Cinema Sun, Dec 3, 2023 1:00 PM
Ragtag Cinema Sun, Dec 3, 2023 3:30 PM
Ragtag Cinema Mon, Dec 4, 2023 2:00 PM
Ragtag Cinema Mon, Dec 4, 2023 7:30 PM
Ragtag Cinema Tue, Dec 5, 2023 8:30 PM
Ragtag Cinema Wed, Dec 6, 2023 9:00 PM
Ragtag Cinema Thu, Dec 7, 2023 2:00 PM
Ragtag Cinema Thu, Dec 7, 2023 4:30 PM
Film Info
Release Year:2023
Rating:NR
Genre:Documentary
Production Country:France
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Paul B. Preciado
Cast:Oscar-Roza Miller
Yanis Sahraoui
Liz Christin
Elios Lévy
Victor Marzouk

Description

Orlando, My Political Biography is the cerebral and evocative debut feature from theorist, critic, and curator Paul B. Preciado. When Preciado’s peers suggested that he write a memoir about his experience of transitioning, Preciado wryly noted that Virginia Woolf had already done so with her landmark 1928 novel, Orlando: A Biography, about the life of an androgynous aristocrat who changes their gender over centuries. In Orlando, My Political Biography, Woolf’s novel is a launchpad for discussing contemporary meanings of transness. Director Preciado collaborates with more than two dozen modern-day Orlandos who (re)interpret scenes from Woolf's novel and reflect on their identities amidst a current landscape of trans disenfranchisement. Preciado and his inter-generational cast offer a striking vision of trans power free from social and political constraints. Orlando, My Political Biography was the only nonfiction film selected to play this fall at Telluride, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals.