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“We’re saturated in life narratives, we’re saturated in coming out stories, we’re saturated in transition tales, and I hope that our film exists as an example of what else is possible when you ask a different set of questions.”While the representation of trans and gender-nonconforming communities in mainstream media has dramatically improved in the last decade, Joynt recognizes that “Framing Agnes” — which he has called “an extraordinary labor of love” — arrives at a time when anti-trans rhetoric and legislation continues to make headlines around the world.“I think one of the things that the film argues is that visibility produces a fantasy of social change that often obscures the very ongoing violence against trans and gender-nonconforming people,” Joynt said, “so I hope that our film is one of many that’s contributing to a way to shine a light on the violence of ongoing media curiosities and the neglect of the medical industrial complex.”Joynt hopes that, “in some ways, Agnes remains unknowable,” and that “there are enduring, unanswerable questions about her significance long after the viewing is over.”“I want to make explicit that those who are interpreting [history] need to be the people who are most impacted or who have the most at stake in the kinds of stories that we’re telling,” Joynt said.
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