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A Body to Live In

02/27/2025

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1hr 38min

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Documentary

STORY

A Body to Live In is an intimate inquiry into the life and work of Fakir Musafar, an influential figure in the queer body-modification community. The film explores his outsized impact and the formation of the “Modern Primitive” movement through decades of archives and interviews with those close to him. Creative treatment of the archives presents them as living texts—photos and video are layered, inverted, and interpolated to bring them new meaning and texture. Angelo Madsen’s sophomore feature is supplemented by seamlessly interwoven personal accounts to craft an portrayal that is loving yet not afraid of critique, embracing both the joy of self-discovery as well as the complex spirituality Musafar came to represent. Through his life and work, the film gives rise to profound questions of bodily autonomy and the body’s relationship to our sense of self.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Fakir Musafar
  • Annie Sprinkle
  • Ron Athey
  • Genesis P-Orridge
  • Cléo Dubois

    Director

  • Angelo Madsen Minax

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

LANGUAGES

    Cast

    Fakir Musafar

    Self (Archival)

    Annie Sprinkle

    Self

    Ron Athey

    Self

    Genesis P-Orridge

    Self (Archive Footage)

    Cléo Dubois

    Self

    Yossie Silverman

    Self

    Midori

    Self

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