Pirate Boys

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Obscuro Barroco
Hart House Theatre Wed, May 2, 2018 9:00 PM
In this impressionist, mesmerizing audiovisual poem, a Brazilian transgender icon guides us to the heart of Rio's festive nights, where the body—both personal and public—can reinvent itself through the ecstatic, metamorphic excesses of carnival.
Obscuro Barroco
Scotiabank Theatre 13 Thu, May 3, 2018 12:00 PM
In this impressionist, mesmerizing audiovisual poem, a Brazilian transgender icon guides us to the heart of Rio's festive nights, where the body—both personal and public—can reinvent itself through the ecstatic, metamorphic excesses of carnival.
Obscuro Barroco
Scotiabank Theatre 13 Sun, May 6, 2018 1:15 PM
In this impressionist, mesmerizing audiovisual poem, a Brazilian transgender icon guides us to the heart of Rio's festive nights, where the body—both personal and public—can reinvent itself through the ecstatic, metamorphic excesses of carnival.
Film Info
Runtime:13
Copyright:2018
Country Listing:Germany
Premiere Status:World Premiere
Rating:R
Festival Info
Festival Year:2018
Language:English
Program Category:Shorts
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Pol Merchan
Producer(s):Pol Merchan
Nadja Krueger
Editor(s):Ginés Olivares
Writer(s):Pol Merchan
Cinematography:Zara Zandieh
Nadja Krueger
Composer:Manuela Schininá
Sound:Manuela Schininá

Description

Kathy Acker's writing, and a seminal portrait of her taken by intersex photographer Del LaGrace Volcano, provide a lens through which to explore trans subjectivity and the queering of cinema. Pol Merchan's hybrid doc fluidly moves from the documentation of the punk era to a more performative exploration of gender. Eileen Arandiga