A BODY LIKE MINE
Documentary, Germany 2024, TV/Cinema, color, 35mins
A BODY LIKE MINE is the poetic portrait of a young artist and activist named Puck. Puck is not her legal name, it is a character the artist has created and transforms into during her performances. As co-writer and protagonist of the film, the artist talks about how Puck’s existence helps her to feel more grounded in a world she experiences as overwhelming. While Puck dares to do wild things, such as queer post porn and wrestling, Puck’s creator herself shares her vulnerability. In the film she contemplates the discrepancy between herself and her character: She talks about how she is often misunderstood, judged, and fetishized. How she is assigned gender stereotypes she doesn’t want to conform to. Puck’s activism consists of her visibility as a proud Black person and of staging herself as part of phantasies and images that bodies like hers traditionally have been banished from.
A BODY LIKE MINE is a fairy-tale like documentary. Conceived through the artistic collaboration between Puck and director Maja Classen, the film allows for an intimate and moving glimpse into Puck’s lifestyle, her inspirations, fears and experiences.
STREAM (Only in DACH-Region)
A BODY LIKE MINE HERE!
a_body_like_mine__official_trailer__poison (1080p) from Maja Classen on Vimeo.
DIRECTOR
Maja Classen
SCRIPT
Maja Classen, Puck
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Alina Albrecht
WITH
Puck, Bishop Black, Playgirls Mansion Collective, Manon Praline, Torri Lisek
EDITORS
Thomas Krause und Maya Steinberg
MUSIC
Vanessa Chartrand-Rodrigue
SOUND
Koenraad Ecker, Marina Funck, Adrienne Teicher
SOUNDDESIGN & MIX
Uwe Bossenz
SET DESIGN
Miren Oller
PODUCER
Saralisa Volm
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Anja Neuhaus
CO PRODUCER
ZDF/3sat
COMISSIONING EDITOR
Katya Mader
A POISON Production
Distributed by POISON
FESTIVALS
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2024
BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival 2024
Ghent Viewpoint Documentary Film Festival 2024
Doc.Berlin Documentary Film Festival 2023
QueerCine International Film Festival 2024
AWARDS
Ghent Viewpoint Documentary Film Festival: Best LGBTQ+ Documentary Film Award
Doc.Berlin Documentary Film Festival: Best German Documentary Film Award
QueerCine International Film Festival: Best Underground Film