“against a trans narrative was arguably the best movie about gender I’ve ever viewed. It’s remarkably intelligent, sensitive and powerful.”
SYNOPSIS.
Jules Rosskam's against a trans narrative is a provocative and personal experimental documentary investigating dominant constructions of trans-masculine identity, gender, and the nature of community.
By sensitively framing the film through his own personal journey within the trans-masculine community, Rosskam creates an electric and original investigation into gender politics and social self-identity.
Blending fiction, nonfiction, and experimental film genres, against a trans narrative employs a genre-busting combination of intimate diary footage, stylized dramatic scenes, spoken word performance, faux audition tapes, and roundtable interview footage to explore and initiate 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.
SCREENINGS.
PAST
Rhizome DC
Arsenal Berlin
Gene Siskel Film Center
Colgate University
Kansai Queer Film Festival
The Netherlands Transgender Film Festival
Mujerdoc II Festival International de Cine
Divergenti Film Festival
Subversive Art Festival
Grand Valley State Univeristy
Keene State College
Sienna College
Queer Nazariya
Image + Nation Film Festival
Outfest LGBT Film Festival
Pink Screens Film Festival
Vinokino, Finnish Lesbian and Gay Film Festivl
Frameline LGBT Film Festival
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
SUNY Purchase
Northwestern University
Chicago Public Library, Sulzer Auditorium
Stanford University
Harvard University
University of Chicago
Queer Film Festival Mezipatra
Pikes Peak Lavender Film Festival
GAZE Dublin Film Festival
PRESS.
Feminist Review / 2009 ➡ View PDF
Culture Catch / 2009 ➡ View PDF
LA Weekly / 2009 ➡ View PDF
Curve Magazine / 2009
Out-FM Collective. WBAI / 2009
New York Cool / 2009
Edge New York / 2009