Riot Acts - with Madsen Minax & Simon Strikeback

Riot Acts: Flaunting Gender Deviance in Music Performance (2010)

Produced by Simon Stikeback & Madsen Minax

Directed by Madsen Minax

Cinematography by Malic Amalya

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Digital Video

72 minutes

2010

Riot Acts is a ‘trans-fabulous’ rockumentary representing the multi-faceted lives of transgender and gender variant musicians. A first-hand perspective of the intersections between gender performance and stage performance, Riot Acts suggests that identities and bodies are undeniably political, and the journey within a trans experience isn't always one of tragedy, but one of creativity and joy.

Featured interviewees include Anderson Toone, Lipstick Conspiracy, Katastrophe and Trannysaurus Sex (San Francisco), Basic Fix (Portland), Ryder Richardson (Seattle), Tough Tough Skin, and Venus Demars (Minneapolis), Adhamh Roland (St. Louis), Ryka Aoki De La Cruz (Los Angeles), Jessica Xavier (Washington, DC), The Shondes and Novice Theory (Brooklyn, NY), The Degenerettes (Baltimore), Systyr Act (Boston), The Cliks (Toronto), and Coyote Grace (Sonoma County, CA).

Produced by………………..Simon Strikeback & Madsen Minax

Directed by……………….…Madsen Minax

Interviews by……………….Simon Strikeback

Cinematography by……Malic Amalya

Distributed by…………….Outcast Films

Available on……………….Fandor, Kanopy, & Amazon

Outcast Films

Madsen Minax