CineMental Presents: Riot Acts: Flaunting Gender Deviance in Music Performance

May 12, 2010 - 9:30pm, The Brattle Theatre
CineMental presents Madsen Minax's groundbreaking documentary Riot Acts: Flaunting Gender Deviance in Music Performance, a transfabulous rockumentary representing the whole lives of transgender and gender varient musicians, through a first-hand perspective of the intersections between gender performance and stage performance, culminating with the notions that identities and bodies are undeniably political, and the trans experience isn't always one of tragedy, but one of creativity and joy. Syster Act will be performing!
Co-presented by Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
Co-presented by: Truth Serum / CineMental.
 

Films in this program

Riot Acts: Flaunting Gender Deviance in Music Performance

Representing the whole lives of transgender and gender variant musicians, each story is one of a journey in progress through a first-hand perspective of the intersections between gender performance and stage performance. The feature documentary Riot Acts:Flaunting Gender Deviance in Music Performance will allow a venue for a particular niche of trans existence to be revealed and celebrated. … More info