Director
Chase Joynt
Run Time
75 mins
Release Year
2022
Country of Origin
Canada, USA
Language
English
Director of Photography: Aubree Bernier-Clarke
Editor: Brooke Stern Sebold, Cecilio Escobar
Produced by: Samantha Curley, Shant Joshi
Music: Casey Mecija
Screenplay by: Chase Joynt, Morgan M Page
Production Designer: Becca Blackwood
Framing Agnes (Captioned)
Part of the The Conversation Strand
This bold exercise in narrative experimentation employs a blend of fiction and nonfiction to investigate the legacy of Agnes, a pioneering transgender woman who participated in gender health research in the 1960s. From the eponymous character’s story, director Chase Joynt builds a careful study of transness, utilising the format of a staged talk show to explore topics related to gender, race and class, weaving in the past to build a poignant reflection on the present. [15]