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Framing Agnes
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Wikipedia article
'Framing Agnes' is a 2022 Canadian documentary film, directed by Chase Joynt.Morgan Sharp, [https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/01/31/toronto-filmmaker-chase-joynt-on-framing-agnes.html "Toronto filmmaker Chase Joynt on framing Agnes"]. 'Toronto Star', January 31, 2022. 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.Shayna Maci Warner, [https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/sundance-2022/framing-agnes-review/ "The Intriguing Ideas and Rich Source Material of Framing Agnes Are Obscured by Its Own Meta"]. 'Paste', January 30, 2022.
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.
Cast
The cast includes Angelica Ross, Zackary Drucker, Jen Richards, Max Wolf Valerio, Silas Howard and Stephen Ira.Peter Knegt, [https://www.cbc.ca/arts/the-extraordinary-new-film-framing-agnes-interrogates-how-trans-stories-are-told-and-by-whom-1.6330162 "The extraordinary new film Framing Agnes interrogates how trans stories are told and by whom"]. CBC Arts, January 28, 2022.
Release and reception
The film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, where Joynt won both the Audience Award and the Innovator Prize in the NEXT program.Kelly Townsend, [https://playbackonline.ca/2022/01/31/framing-agnes-wins-two-prizes-at-sundance/ "Framing Agnes wins two prizes at Sundance"]. 'Playback', January 31, 2021. 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." 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."
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