The documentary “The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye” will be coming to New York for a limited release. The film, directed by Marie Losier, will be open March 8 of next year.
If you manage to catch “The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye” next year, you’re sure to be in for a treat, since the film has won numerous accolades from the indie film circuit, including being the Official Selection of the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival, the 2011 SXSW Film Festival, the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival and the 2011 San Francisco International Film Festival.
Below is the synopsis of the film as well as a trailer.
“Genesis P-Orridge has been one of the most innovative and influential figures in music and fine art for the last 30 years. Celebrated by critics and art historians as a progenitor of “industrial music”, his innovations have transformed the character of rock and electronic music while his prodigious efforts to expand the boundaries of live performance have radically altered the way people experience sound in a concert setting.
Defying artistic boundaries, Genesis has re-defined his art as a challenge to the limits of biology. In 2000, Genesis began a series of surgeries in order to more closely resemble his love, Lady Jaye (née Jacqueline Breyer), who remained his other half and artistic partner for nearly 15 years. It was the ultimate act of devotion, and Genesis’s most risky, ambitious, and subversive performance to date: he became a she in a triumphant act of artistic self-expression.
This is a love story, and a portrait of two lives that illustrate the transformative powers of both love and art. In warm and intimate images captured handheld, Marie Losier crafts a labyrinthine mise-en-scene of interviews, home movies, and performance footage.”
