Academic virtuoso turned filmmaker Paul B. Preciado's Berlin Film Festival award-winning doc tells his and others' stories of transition through unique reenactments and visual interpretations of Virginia Woolf's Orlando: A Biography.
Orlando, My Political Biography ■
Synopsis
Blurring the lines between reality and fiction, Preciado expands Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando: A Biography, in which the main character changes gender midway through the story to become a 36-year-old woman. Preciado organized a casting and brought together 26 contemporary trans and non-binary people to each play Orlando. Preciado reconstructs the stages of his personal transformation through authentic voices, writings, and images in the search of the truth.
Credits
Rating: 12A
Genre: Documentary
Director: Paul B. Preciado
Stars: Arthur, Emma Avena, Amir Baylly