Framing Agnes
(DVD) 

Originally released as a motion picture in 2022.

Wide screen (1.78:1).

Bonus: Short film "Framing Agnes" (2019) by Chase Joynt & Kristen Schilt; theatrical trailer.

Cinematography, Aubree Bernier-Clarke, Ava Benjamin Shorr ; editors, Brooke Stern Sebold, Cecilio Escobar ; composer, Casey Mecija.

Featuring Jules Gill-Peterson, Brian Michael Smith, Morgan M. Page, Kristen Schilt.

Actors in reenactments: Angelica Ross, Jen Richards, Max Wolf Valerio, Silas Howard, Stephen Ira, Zackary Drucker.

The pseudonymous Agnes was a pioneering transgender woman who participated in an infamous gender health study conducted at UCLA in the 1960s. Her clever use of the study to gain access to gender-affirming healthcare led to her status as a fascinating and celebrated figure in trans history. In this innovative cinematic exercise that blends fiction and nonfiction, director Chase Joynt uses Agnes's story, along with others unearthed in long-shelved case files, to widen the frame through which trans history is viewed. Through a collaborative practice of reimagination, an all-star cast of trans performers, artists, and thinkers including Angelica Ross, Jen Richards, and Zackary Drucker, take on vividly rendered, impeccably vintage reenactments, bringing to life groundbreaking artifacts of trans history. This collective reclamation breaks down the myth of isolation among transgender history-makers, breathing new life into a lineage of collaborators and conspirators who have been forgotten for far too long.

Optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired (SDH).

DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.78:1, 16x9); Dolby 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereo.

English dialogue.