Man for a Day
7.0
Gender activist Diane Torr’s worldwide appearances and workshops are now legendary. For the past thirty years, the main focus of this performance artist’s work has been an exploration of the theoretical, artistic as well as the practical aspects of gender identity. Katarina Peters’ documentary observes a Diane Torr workshop in Berlin in which a group of open-minded women come together to discover the secrets of masculinity. What makes a man a man and a woman a woman? Precisely when and where is gender identity formatted? How much is nature and how much nurture? Each of Torr’s workshops represents an open-ended laboratory experiment in social behaviour in which the question is posed: is it possible to deliberately play out different roles and create a space in which to transgress both masculine and feminine characteristics?
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Katarina Peters Director · Yoliswa Gärtig Cinematographer Jana Teuchert Editor
First release July 19, 2012 · Produced in Finland, Germany, United Kingdom · Languages English, German, Hebrew
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Creative Scotland
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Media Co-op
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Finland · Germany · United Kingdom
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Original language
English
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English · German · Hebrew
Release dates
Germany · July 19, 2012
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Serbia
December 15, 2013 · Belgrade Queer Film Festival
Sweden
March 9, 2013 · Tempo Documentary Festival
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