Framing Agnes – Benefit for Butterfly Collective
2022 | CANADA / USA | 75 MIN
In 1958, a young trans woman named Agnes entered a study about sex disorders at UCLA to get the gender-affirming care she needed, by any means necessary. Her story was long considered to be exceptional until never-before-seen case files of other patients were found in 2017. Directed by Chase Joynt (NO ORDINARY MAN) and featuring an all-star cast of transgender artists and performers, FRAMING AGNES uses re-enactment and genre-blurring storytelling techniques to breathe new life into previously unknown people who redefined gender in the midcentury. Featuring Angelica Ross, Jen Richards, Zackary Drucker, Silas Howard, Max Wolf Valerio, and Stephen Ira.
FESTIVALS
2022: SUNDANCE (WORLD PREMIERE)
AWARDS
AUDIENCE AWARD: NEXT (SUNDANCE), NEXT INNOVATOR AWARD PRESENTED BY ADOBE—CHASE JOYNT (SUNDANCE)