Documenting trans lives in "Framing Agnes"

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Thom Powers
Documentary of the Week | Mar 3, 2023

"Framing Agnes" brings to life archival interviews with transgender men and women from the 1950s. Filmmaker Chase Joynt leads a team of trans collaborators including Zackary Drucker, Angelica Ross and Max Wolf Valerio to shed light on this earlier generation.

 

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