Gendernauts
Sat Dec 13:
$15 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 NWFF Member
Monika Treut
Germany
1999
1h 26m
About
(Monika Treut, 1999, Germany, 86 min, in English)
“A journey through shifting identities”
Made at the height of the tech boom of the late 1990s, Monika Treut’s Teddy Award-winning Gendernauts is a portrait of a group of trans artists, activists, and academics living in San Francisco—including historian Susan Stryker, web designer Stafford, video artists Jordy Jones and Texas Tomboy, intersex activist Hida Viloria, and “Goddess of Cyberspace” Sandy Stone. Treut also catches up with Annie Sprinkle and Max Wolf Valerio, who she first profiled in 1992’s Female Misbehavior. Viewed now, over 25 years since its initial release, Gendernauts remains a fascinatingly multifaceted look at the way that technology and the internet reshaped trans culture at the close of the 20th century.
“The criticism I get is from people who say, ‘Where’s the suffering in this?’ I happen to choose to deal with people who choose what they want to become. Transgendered people are one of the best-connected minorities on the Internet. It’s the perfect medium for people to have different personas. It’s making everyone transgendered in a way.” – Monika Treut
Synopsis courtesy of Muscle Distribution
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Ticketing, concessions, cinemas, restrooms, and our public edit lab are located on Northwest Film Forum’s ground floor, which is wheelchair accessible. All doors in Northwest Film Forum are non-motorized, and may require staff assistance to open. Our upstairs workshop room is not wheelchair accessible.
The majority of seats in our main cinema are 21″ wide from armrest to armrest; some seats are 19″ wide. We are working on creating the option of removable armrests!
We have a limited number of assistive listening devices available for programs hosted in our larger theater, Cinema 1. These devices are maintained by the Technical Director, and can be requested at the ticketing and concessions counter. Also available at the front desk is a Sensory Kit you can borrow, which includes a Communication Card, noise-reducing headphones, and fidget toys.
The Forum does NOT have assistive devices for the visually impaired, and is not (yet) a scent-free venue. Our commitment to increasing access for our audiences is ongoing, and we welcome all public input on the subject!
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