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# Queer films and narratives at Genesis Cinema’s inclusive Fragments Festival
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/queer-films-and-narratives-at-genesis-cinemas-inclusive-fragments-festival/
- Published: 2022-08-31T12:13:16.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-31T12:13:16.000Z
- Description: Fragments Festival, an inclusive film festival created by London’s Genesis Cinema, is to run September 29 – October 2.
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Arts, cinema, Genesis Cinema, LGBTQ, London, queer

**Fragments Festival**, an inclusive film festival created by London’s **Genesis Cinema**, is to run **September 29 – October 2**. The festival is a platform for underrepresented filmmakers to exhibit their work: films with women, non-binary, ethnically diverse, disabled, disadvantaged, and LGBTQ+ individuals at the forefront.

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PURE GRIT

This year’s programme has several films with strong queer and lesbian narratives, including the closing night film, the UK premiere of **PURE GRIT** (**October 2**), documenting a young Native American bareback horse racer who, supported by her new girlfriend, is determined to ride and win again following a personal tragedy that led her to quit racing.

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FRAMING AGNES

Emmy-award winning director **Daresha Kyi**‘s documentary **MAMA BEARS** (**October 1**) is the thought-provoking story of women whose profound love for their LGBTQ+ children has turned them into fierce advocates for the entire queer community. And award-winning documentary **FRAMING AGNES** (**October 1**) features an all-star cast of transgender artists and performers, including **Jen Richards**, **Zackary Drucker** and *Pose* star **Angelica Ross**, alongside archive footage featuing the likes of **Laverne Cox**, as the film explores stories from the **UCLA Gender Clinic** in the 1950s.

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TO KILL THE BEAST

The UK premiere of **TO KILL THE BEAST** (**September 30**) is a mystery story that explores gender, self-discovery, and same-sex relationships as a teenage girl goes on the hunt for her long-missing brother amidst lush jungle on the Argentina/Brazil border.

There’s also the special event **BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT: A MOVIE-THEMED DRAG KING LIFE DRAWING** (**October 1**), an evening of film-themed Drag King life drawing, showing the myriad of ways masculinity and femininity can be twisted, turned and changed.**For tickets and more info, including the festival programme, [CLICK HERE](https://genesiscinema.co.uk/GenesisCinema.dll/WhatsOn?pg=4&sp=1&ref=scenemag.co.uk)**