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“Come, come! I’m sick to death of this particular self. I want another.” Taking Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando: A Biography as his starting point, academic virtuoso turned filmmaker Paul B. Preciado fashioned the documentary Orlando, My Political Biography—a personal essay, historical analysis, and social manifesto. For almost a century, Woolf’s eponymous hero(ine) has inspired readers with their gender fluidity as well as their physical and spiritual metamorphoses across a three-hundred-year span. In making his film, Preciado invited a diverse group of more than twenty trans and nonbinary people to play the role of Orlando and to participate in this shared biography. Together, they perform interpretations of the novel, weaving into Woolf’s narrative their own stories of transition and identity formation. Not content to simply update a groundbreaking work, Preciado interrogates the relevance of Orlando in the ongoing struggle to secure dignity for trans people worldwide.

INCLUDES

Meet the Filmmakers, a new interview with director Paul B. Preciado
Trailer

Digital Copy Expiration Date ‏ : ‎ December 31, 2019
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NC-17 (Adults Only)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 5.3 x 0.47 inches; 3.52 ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Paul B. Preciado
Media Format ‏ : ‎ DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 42 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ June 25, 2024
Studio ‏ : ‎ The Criterion Collection
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CZ7NDQF8
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1