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I Am

Country: United States, Language: English, 26 mins

  • Director: Laura Arten
  • Writer: Laura Arten
  • Producer: Laura Arten, Nira Burstein

CGiii Comment

A cursory introduction to some very interesting people, some more known than others...they paved the way!

All of the European accents are wrong. The writing is more self-congratulatory than informative.

Still, pioneers...sadly, not a pioneering film!


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The(ir) Blurb...

A documentary series exploring the lives of queer artists who dared to be themselves fully. Pioneers of gender fluidity as well as art shapeshifters.

Cast & Characters

Flo Ankah (as Claude Cahun)
Drew De Carvalho (as Quentin Crisp)
Nicholas Gorham (as Jackie Curtis)
Debbie Irwin (as Marlow Moss)
Dani Martineck (as Toyen)
Fran McClellan (as Greer Lankton (voice))
Pooya Mohseni (as Catherine Jeffrey Jones)
Karyn O'Bryant (as Angela Morley)
Shakira Searle (as Lili Elbe)