A white transman in his twenties stares at us with piercing blue eyes. He's standing in the bottom left corner of the frame, viewed from his to head to his torso. Hi short peroxide blonde hair is almost the same colour as his pale complexion and his blue eyes match the blue-grey tarmac behind him. He's wearing dark blue overalls that have his name stitched in red: Texas Tomboy.

Gendernauts + live streamed Q&A

Event

About Gendernauts + live streamed Q&A

Monika Treut's 1999 documentary Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities is narrated by Sandy Stone, a founder of transgender studies, who guides us around San Fran and its gender non-conforming residents. We meet drag king performers, Club Confidential regulars, intersex activists and avant-garde video artists all talking about what gender fluidity means to them. Treut is renowned for her transgressive brand of filmmaking, often chronicling queer lives, sexual politics and defiant people.

Before the film, drag artist Anna The Echo will be transporting us to San Francisco's Club Confidential, a gender bender drag event popular in the late nineties with a short cabaret set.

The film will be followed by a live streamed Q&A with director Monika Treut, hosted by Anna The Echo.

Booking info

To book Accessible tickets and free Companion tickets, please visit our Accessible Bookings page. Companion tickets will initially show a standard ticket price, but once your account is set-up and you are logged in, this will be reduced to £0 at checkout.

Duration includes trailers, adverts and any Q&A/panel. For events such as NT Live, Colour Box and Reel & Meal there will be minimal advertising. We do not admit latecomers after the main feature has started and we have a limited food & drink policy.

MAC’s cinema programme has been generously supported by BFI Film Audience Network and Film Hub Midlands.

Dates and times

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