With special guest introduction (Fri Only)
Orlando My Political Biography + intro from Dickon Edwards
Berlin Film Festival award-winning doc tells stories of transition through unique reenactments and visual interpretations of Virginia Woolf's Orlando: A Biography. With introduction from Dr Dickon Edwards.
Director: Paul B. Preciado
Cast includes: N/A
Includes Introduction from Dr Dickon Edwards (Fri only)
98 mins / 2024 / France, subtitles
Please note: our Thursday morning screening is now cancelled, but the Friday night screening with Q&A is going ahead.
From acclaimed writer and activist Paul B. Preciado, Orlando, My Political Biography is a bold and joyous celebration of trans and non-binary identity, told through the lens of Virginia Woolf's iconic novel.
Woolf's Orlando follows the centuries-spanning life of a young nobleman who awakens to find that they are a woman. Almost a century after its publication, Preciado claims that fiction has become reality and Orlando's story lies at the root of all contemporary trans and non-binary life.
Told through a myriad of trans and non-binary voices living today - our new 'Orlandos' - this documentary offers a dazzling example of how life, poetry and gender can meet in search for truth.
Thursday morning screenings include a free cuppa with your ticket!
We're delighted to be joined by Dr Dickon Edwards for an introduction to the film (Friday only).
About Dr Dickon Edwards
Dr Dickon Edwards is a British writer and musician. He has held a fascination for Virginia Woolf's Orlando all his life, ever since reading the novel in the late 1980s as a teenager. In the 1990s he even named his band Orlando after the book.
More recently Dickon researched the novel at an academic level for a PhD on camp modernism, comparing it with Ronald Firbank, Gertrude Stein and Angela Carter. He currently lives in a rented room in St Leonards, where he competes with the seagulls for neediness and strong looks.
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