Female Misbehavior is a series of portraits of «misbehaving» women, outlaws not only by society but also by mainstream feminism. In Bondage, Carol explains the pleasure of s&m. The eponymous star of Annie is porn queen, now performance artist Annie Sprinkle.Dr. Paglia is a portrait of Camille Paglia, professor for the humanities at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, who catapulted herself into infamous stardom with her book «Sexual Personae». She’s been called brilliant, outrageous, an antifeminist feminist and «an academic rottweiler». Max is a portrait of Max Valerio who used to be Anita Valerio, a lesbian living in San Francisco. A couple of years ago, Anita felt that she was no longer comfortable living in her female body…
FEMALE MISBEHAVIOR
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- Direction: Monika Treut
- Script: Monika Treut
- Cinematography: Elfi Mikesch, Steve Brown
- Editing: Tonike Traum, Renate Merck, Steve Brown
- Sound: Tonike Traum, Kate Pourshiarti, Caren Bierman
- Production: Hyena Films
- Producers: Monika Treut
- Format: 16mm
- Color: Colour
- Production Country: Germany
- Production Year: 1992
- Duration: 80'
Monika Treut
Known for films about sexual identity, fearless director Treut's new documentary is a departure from her previous six films. "Warrior of Light" focuses on artist activist Yvonne Bezerra and her work with Rio de Janeiro's street children. The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival's retrospective of Treut also will include "Gendernauts" (1999, about gender fluidity in the Bay Area), "Female Misbehavior" (1992, four portraits of people, from "post-feminist" Camille Paglia to a transsexual Native American) and "Didn't Do It for Love" (1997, a look at a Norwegian-born woman, who was kicked out of Mexico in 1966, became a New York dominatrix in the 80s and counseled sex offenders still later). The "New York Times" called the latter "Adventurous, Erotic, Disturbing". The emblem fits much of Treut's work.
