KATE BORNSTEIN IS A QUEER & PLEASANT DANGER, 2014
Transgender-dyke. Reluctant-Polyamorist. sadomasochist. Recovering- Scientologist. Pioneering Gender Outlaw.
Meet Auntie Kate.
Trailblazing performance artist -theorist-activist, Kate Bornstein, takes us on a mind-bending quest through her world dismantling gender and seeking answers to the age-old questions: What makes life worth living?
Kate Bornstein is…captures rollicking public performances and painful personal revelations bearing witness to the pioneering gender outlaw who inhabits a space between man and female with wit, style, and astonishing candor.
Increasingly, films narrate the personal transitions of trans people. Moving the genre forward, Kate Bornstein is…focuses on Kate’s brilliant work and legacy through observational footage and intimate conversations with living legends, like Sandy Stone.
As Kate receives a grim cancer diagnosis, she confronts her own mortality and purpose in life, giving her own motto renewed energy: “Do whatever it takes to make your life worth living, Just don’t be mean.”
By turns mediative and playful the film invited us on a thought provoking journey through Kate’s world seeking answers to some of our biggest questions about life.
KATE BORNSTEIN IS A QUEER & PLEASANT DANGER has been acquired by over 200 college and public library collections.
Best Feature Documentary Award: Beacon Independent Film Festival; Trans|Lations; TransScreen; Identities Film Festival; Special Jury Commendation Award: GAZE Film Festival; 2015 James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism
“This is a must-see documentary of 2014.”
– Indiewire
“Even if you think you know everything about Bornstein, Feder’s film will show you sides you hadn't imagined were there.”
– XTRA!
“Feder’s film is a contemporary re-thinking of Kate’s impact that consciously breaks out of typical trans narratives.”
– Windy City Times
“A storyteller and filmmaker to watch”
– Jury Special Commendation Award GAZE Film Festival
