Framing Agnes

In the late 1950s, a woman named Agnes approached the UCLA Medical Center seeking sex reassignment surgery. Her story was long considered to be exceptional and singular until never-before-seen case files of other patients were found in 2017. Framing Agnes features preeminent trans culture-makers breathing new life into those who redefined gender in the midcentury.

Directed by Chase Joynt, Kristen Schilt

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Cast

Zackary Drucker

Agnes

Silas Howard

Denny

Chase Joynt

Host

Angelica Ross

Georgia

Max Wolf Valerio

Henry

Jen Richards

Barbara

Stephen Ira Cohen

Jimmy

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