The Advocate for Fagdom (2011)

5.3/10 91 min Documentary

Overview

The Advocate for Fagdom unites the puzzle pieces one by one. Testimonies are combined with rare archive images. Art galeries present movie extracts that are succeeded by images shot on location. And the other way round. Writers, film makers, art galeries owners, actors and actresses, photographers, producers, friends and loved ones all join in a game of interpretation, analysis or simple anecdotes. John Waters, Bruce Benderson, Harmony Korine, Gus Van Sant, Richard Kern, Rick Castro and others deliver their impressions, theories and confessions. Everything blends into the fascinating portrait of a singular person blessed with singular talents. A complex personality at war not with a system but all systems. The portrait of a man constantly moving between his punk attitude and extreme sensibility.

Cast

Bruce LaBruce

Self

Glenn Belverio

Self

Bruce Benderson

Self

Jürgen Brüning

Self

Jey Crisfar

Self

Vaginal Davis

Self

Richard Kern

Self

Katharina Klewinghaus

Self (archive footage)

Harmony Korine

Self

Kembra Pfahler

Self

Susanne Sachße

Self

Jack Sargeant

Self

Gus Van Sant

Self

John Waters

Self

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