Desire Lines 2024 MULTI.Ac3 Download Magnet
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An Iranian-American trans man travels back in time to an LGBTQ+ archive to understand his sexuality. He encounters his past and present during an erotic journey of self-discovery. This is a documentary about homosexual transgender people who are female-to-male and female-to-male. It focuses primarily on life after transition, with little emphasis on the process of transition itself. It also deals with those whose physical orientation is male. There are two main categories of subjects. One is Lou Sullivan, a F-to-M trans activist who was also a pioneer in identifying as gay. He is represented by numerous excerpts from interviews he has given on TV, plus writings by one of his correspondents. The other is a series of interviews with various trans people of varying appearances and anatomy – one male-identified subject insisted on keeping his vagina. They often have trouble finding intimate partners, although Trans Nights at gay bathhouses are a great help because they don’t have to explain themselves. This is wrapped up in a narrative drama. A masculine trans-Iranian American (who left Iran shortly after the revolution) goes to a queer archive in Chicago to do some research, and befriends a younger, boyish trans employee. The Iranian angle is reinforced by discussions about the Iranian "omelette" dish This hybrid approach added interest and made it feel more than the dryness of a regular documentary. I watched this as part of a film festival, with the cast and director. The director mentioned that an Iranian actor helped make a short "proof of concept" to solicit funding, and it went ahead, with Iranian details added to the script. The other actor was an activist himself and his role was written with him in mind.