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The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
Film poster
Directed byMarie Losier
Produced bySteve Holmgren
Marie Losier
Martin Marquet
StarringGenesis P-Orridge
Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge
CinematographyMarie Losier
Edited byMarie Losier
Music byBryin Dall
Release date
  • February 15, 2011 (2011-02-15) (Berlinale)
Running time
72 minutes
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye is a documentary film, directed by Marie Losier and released in 2011.[1] The film is a portrait of influential transgender musician and performance artist Genesis P-Orridge and their partner Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge, focusing in particular on the Pandrogyny project of plastic surgery and body modification that they both undertook to become more similar to each other in appearance.[2]

The film had its theatrical premiere in February 2011 at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival,[3] where it won the Teddy Award for best LGBTQ-related documentary film.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Jeannette Catsoulis, "The Things They Did for Love (and Attention)". The New York Times, March 8, 2012.
  2. ^ Tasha Robinson, "The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye". The A.V. Club, March 8, 2012.
  3. ^ Leslie Felperin, "The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye". Variety, February 20, 2011.
  4. ^ Esther B. Robinson, "Love Song: Marie Losier on The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye". Filmmaker, November 10, 2012.
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