I Want

Performer Sharon Hayes delivers a speech plagiarising chats by former whistleblower Chelsea Manning and texts by punk poet Kathy Acker. Different temporalities and multiple – trans – identities collapse into a poetic, defiant ‘I’ resisting the normative attitudes towards gender and sexuality in the military complex.

Director: Renate Lorenz, Pauline Boudry
Runtime: 16 min
Original Language: en
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What is I Want about?
Performer Sharon Hayes delivers a speech plagiarising chats by former whistleblower Chelsea Manning and texts by punk poet Kathy Acker. Different temporalities and multiple – trans – identities collapse into a poetic, defiant ‘I’ resisting the normative attitudes towards gender and sexuality in the military complex.
Who directed I Want?
I Want was directed by Renate Lorenz, Pauline Boudry.
How long is I Want?
I Want has a runtime of 16m (16 minutes).