Canada, USA
Chase Joynt, Morgan M. Page

Framing Agnes

Documentary

FILM INFO

In 1958, a young trans woman named Agnes entered a study about sex disorders at UCLA to get the gender-affirming care she needed by any means necessary. Her story was long considered to be exceptional until never-before-seen case files of other patients were found in 2017. Directed by Chase Joynt and featuring an all-star cast of transgender artists and performers, Framing Agnes uses re-enactment and genre-blurring storytelling techniques to breathe new life into previously unknown people who redefined gender in the midcentury.

Original title
Framing Agnes
Country
Canada, USA
Year
2022
Duration
75’
Color / Black&White
Color, black&white
Form
Documentary

DIRECtor

Chase Joynt

Chase Joynt (he/him) is a director and writer whose films have won jury and audience awards internationally. His debut documentary feature, Framing Agnes, had its premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. With Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase co-directed No Ordinary Man, a feature-length documentary about jazz musician Billy Tipton. With Samantha Curley, Chase runs Level Ground Productions, a collaboratively run production company in Los Angeles.

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Chase Joynt

Chase Joynt (he/him) is a director and writer whose films have won jury and audience awards internationally. His debut documentary feature, Framing Agnes, had its premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. With Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase co-directed No Ordinary Man, a feature-length documentary about jazz musician Billy Tipton. With Samantha Curley, Chase runs Level Ground Productions, a collaboratively run production company in Los Angeles.

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Chase Joynt

Chase Joynt (he/him) is a director and writer whose films have won jury and audience awards internationally. His debut documentary feature, Framing Agnes, had its premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. With Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase co-directed No Ordinary Man, a feature-length documentary about jazz musician Billy Tipton. With Samantha Curley, Chase runs Level Ground Productions, a collaboratively run production company in Los Angeles.

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Chase Joynt

Chase Joynt (he/him) is a director and writer whose films have won jury and audience awards internationally. His debut documentary feature, Framing Agnes, had its premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. With Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase co-directed No Ordinary Man, a feature-length documentary about jazz musician Billy Tipton. With Samantha Curley, Chase runs Level Ground Productions, a collaboratively run production company in Los Angeles.

Team

Director
Chase Joynt, Morgan M. Page
Screenplay
Cast
Angelica Ross, Jen Richards, Zackary Drucker, Max Wolf Valerio
Camera
Aubree Bernier-Clarke
Music
Editing
Brooke Stern Sebold, Cecilio Escobar
Production design
Becca Blackwood
Producer
Samantha Curley, Shant Joshi, Chase Joynt
World sales company
Blue Ant Media International lukas.nippert@blueantmedia.com