Amidst the ruins of drive-in theaters, monsters and fears can no longer be seen on the screen. They haunt another margin. Using the freak figure to create their own myths, Texas artists question their role in this transvestite world. Masks and weird rituals lead us to an intimate view of their culture and the struggle to survive through poetry.
Grady Roper
Self
Ernestina Forbis
Self
Giless << Mother Fakir >>
Self
Amidst the ruins of drive-in theaters, monsters and fears can no longer be seen on the screen. They haunt another margin. Using the freak figure to create their own myths, Texas artists question their role in this transvestite world. Masks and weird rituals lead us to an intimate view of their culture and the struggle to survive through poetry.
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