NERVOUS GENDER: SUSAN STRYKER ON CRONENWETT's MAGGOTS AND MEN + TRANS SHORTS
Living right here in the City, Susan Stryker is a professor and filmmaker whose work focuses on gender and human sexuality...and is in fact one of the world's leading experts on Trans history and sensibility. We are delighted to have her in the house tonight to introduce the premiere revival of Cory Cronenwett's Maggots and Men, a utopian re-visioning of the Kronstadt Uprising of 1921, featuring film history's first cast of over 100 transgender actors! The hour production--written by ATA staffer Ilona Berger and shot here in SF with many of our neighbors--paints a portrait of formerly pro-Soviet sailors at the Kronstadt garrison who rebelled against the perceived failures of the new Bolshevik state. Stryker contextualizes this breakthrough work within new gender theories and practices, answering questions and affording precious insider insights.
The evening is opened by 3 personal essays on the trans experience: Benja Thompson's (in person) new and exquisite leafmold, Shani Heckman's already-classic Wrong Bathroom, and the debut of Anto Astudillo's How to Make an Avatar and Render my Body.
Free Bud Lite to support their trans stance!
$10 DOORS @ 7:30 SHOW @ 8:00
ATA GALLERY 992 VALENCIA STREET SF