Framing Agnes (2019) is a film. Directed by Chase Joynt, Kristen Schilt. Starring Zackary Drucker, Silas Howard, Chase Joynt, Angelica Ross.
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A documentary that recontextualizes Agnes's medical history by uncovering forgotten archives and amplifying trans voices to redefine midcentury gender narratives.
· 20 min · 2019
In the late 1950s, a woman named Agnes approached the UCLA Medical Center seeking sex reassignment surgery. Her story was long considered to be exceptional and singular until never-before-seen case files of other patients were found in 2017. Framing Agnes features preeminent trans culture-makers breathing new life into those who redefined gender in the midcentury.
