Documentary exploring gender follows up with protagonists decades later
More than 20 years ago, a filmmaker documented the lives of a group of people in San Francisco exploring gender and what it means to be transgender, to create a film called "Gendernauts." Now Monika Treut has directed and written a new film, “Genderation,” in which she follows up with these same protagonists to see how shifting social scenes, political climate and individual circumstances of their lives have affected them. Treut and poet and documentary protagonist Max Wolf Valerio reflect on changes in the city and the nation.
Episode 323 of the Civic podcast, hosted by San Francisco Public Press, titled "Documentary exploring gender follows up with protagonists decades later" was published on June 16, 2021 and runs 32 minutes.
June 16, 2021 ·32m · Civic
Summary
More than 20 years ago, a filmmaker documented the lives of a group of people in San Francisco exploring gender and what it means to be transgender, to create a film called "Gendernauts." Now Monika Treut has directed and written a new film, “Genderation,” in which she follows up with these same protagonists to see how shifting social scenes, political climate and individual circumstances of their lives have affected them. Treut and poet and documentary protagonist Max Wolf Valerio reflect on changes in the city and the nation.