DOCUMENTARY: Heterosexual Social Contract
19:00 Fri 17 Jan 2020
How does the influence of normative structures affect our most intimate relations and standing in society? These are documentaries that comment on, react against and subvert heteronormativity - from the various forms gendered labour takes, to the tenderness of BDSM, to the euphoria of being in a space that celebrates transgender women.
Although sometimes a choice and sometimes reclaimed as a tool for empowerment, these social contracts and the roles we might adopt can be suffocatingly oppressive - and rejecting them can be where power and pleasure lie. Featuring the latest from Jan Soldat (Protocols). Programmed by Miranda Mungai. 94’
This programme contains explicit sexual content and reference to child sex abuse.
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Access
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TONY FRAGINALS
Ben Young 17 mins (UK, 2019)
Anthony Godby Johnson was an early 1990s New York City miracle: a boy who escaped years of horrific abuse only to discover that he was dying of AIDS. A boy who authored his own autobiography. A boy who earned friends and fans worlwide—and who did not exist. -
#TRADWIVES
Anna Snowball 19 mins (UK, 2019)
An observation of a new women's movement emerging in the USA focused on reverting to the values of traditional housewives of the 50s and early 60s, seen through the story of a Chicago divorcée, Jennifer, a super-fan of Fascinating Womanhood by Helen Andelin. -
I HAVE SINNED A RAPTUROUS SIN
Maryam Tafakory 10 mins (UK, 2018)
What cures women of sexual promiscuity? Eating lettuce, of course. -
CALL ON ME
Imogen Legrove 6 mins (UK, 2019)
Stories of phone sex operators, and the reality of their work. -
THE FIFTH SEASON
Jan Soldat 27 mins (DE, 2019)
A documentary observation of a relationship that seeks its fulfillment in the interplay of control and power relations. -
NIRVANA
Jess Kohl 15 mins (UK, 2018)
For eighteen days of the year, the small village of Koovagam in Tamil Nadu is transformed into the largest festival for transgender women in Asia. Nirvana is a portrait of the lives of two attendees - Aaliyah Kahn and Chintu Dolly.