“Come, come! I’m sick to death of this particular self. I want another.” Janus Films has revealed an official US trailer for an acclaimed experimental documentary film called Orlando, My Political Biography, from Spanish filmmaker Paul B. Preciado making his directorial debut. This has played at many festivals all over the world this year, including most recently at TIFF, NYFF, Vancouver, and AFI Fest this fall. Academic virtuoso turned filmmaker Paul B. Preciado’s award-winning doc tells his and others’ stories of transition through unique reenactments & visual interpretations of Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando: A Biography. “Not content to simply update a seminal work, Preciado interrogates the relevance of Orlando in the continuing struggle against anti-trans ideologies and in the fight for global trans rights.” The doc features 20 trans and non-binary people playing the role of Orlando as they perform interpretations of scenes. It may not be for everyone, but it looks like a fascinating experiment rethinking how art connects with contemporary society. // Continue Reading ›
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