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Queendom

Directed by Agniia Galdanova2023USA/France98 mins

If you’re queer and online, you’ve likely already been confronted by the art of @genamarvin. She’s the haute couture creature slinking through populated city streets and subways looking like a Salvador Dalí version of Slender Man styled by Alexander McQueen for Fashion Week.

Agniia Galdanova’s Queendom gives us a peek behind the iPhone to reveal Gena Marvin, the person, and the ways by which she navigates Russia’s draconian treatment of queer activists, performers, and people. With a cinéma vérité eye, Galdanova crafts an incisive portrait of an artist at the intersection of myriad global crises today: the assault on transgender lives, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, police states and the rise of nationalism, and drag and gender-defying art. Although Gena Marvin’s specific situation couldn’t be more timely, Queendom is a timeless document of resiliency in the face of fascism, an inspired and inspiring act of rebellion crowning a new kind of queen.

Expected Guests

Agniia Galdanova
Director
Igor Myakotin
Producer
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Director
Agniia Galdanova
Year
2023
Country
USA, France
Running Time
98 mins
Language
Russian
Section
Documentary Features
Program Note Writer
Joshua Ray
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