The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

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The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
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Film poster
Directed by Marie Losier
Produced bySteve Holmgren
Marie Losier
Martin Marquet
Starring Genesis P-Orridge
Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge
CinematographyMarie Losier
Edited byMarie Losier
Music byBryin Dall
Release date
Running time
72 minutes
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye is a documentary film, directed by Marie Losier and released in 2011. [1] The film is a portrait of influential transgender musician and performance artist Genesis P-Orridge and their partner Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge, focusing in particular on the Pandrogyny project of plastic surgery and body modification that they both undertook to become more similar to each other in appearance. [2]

The film had its theatrical premiere in February 2011 at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, [3] where it won the Teddy Award for best LGBTQ-related documentary film. [4]

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