ABOUT THE FILM

LOGLINE

After discovering case files from a 1950s gender clinic, a cast of trans actors turn a talk show inside out to confront the legacy of a young trans woman forced to choose between honesty and access.

LONG SYNOPSIS

In 1958, a young trans woman named Agnes entered a study about sex disorders at UCLA to get the gender-affirming care she needed, by any means necessary. Her story was long considered to be exceptional until never-before-seen case files of other patients were found in 2017. Directed by Chase Joynt (NO ORDINARY MAN) and featuring an all-star cast of transgender artists and performers, FRAMING AGNES uses re-enactment and genre-blurring storytelling techniques to breathe new life into previously unknown people who redefined gender in the midcentury. Featuring Angelica Ross, Jen Richards, Zackary Drucker, Silas Howard, Max Wolf Valerio, and Stephen Ira.

Director Chase Joynt

Writers Chase Joynt, Morgan M Page

Producers Samantha Curley, Shant Joshi, Chase Joynt

Editors Brooke Stern Sebold, Cecilio Escobar

Cinematographer Aubree Bernier-Clarke

Cast Angelica Ross, Jen Richards, Zackary Drucker, Max Wolf Valerio, Silas Howard, Stephen Ira

FESTIVALS
2022: Sundance (World Premiere)

AWARDS
Audience Award: NEXT (Sundance), NEXT Innovator Award presented by Adobe—Chase Joynt (Sundance)

AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
The World (Except the U.S.)

EXHIBITION FORMATS
DCP, Digital Download