UNDERGROUND ABSOLUTE FICTION

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Short Film screened at Rumble Theatre's Tremors 2020 Festival

in association with the frank theatre company

October 28 - 31, 2020

Online + Live | PL1422 at 1422 William Street, Vancouver, BC

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Developed with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts & the BC Arts Council

Queers in Communist Poland used self-published magazines to organize, get laid, and forge a sense of identity. In the wake of the arrest of Polish trans activist Margot, a Polish-Canadian settler uses a fractured, video narrative to seek answers. Through letters, social media posts, and the music videos of a queer punk band, Underground Absolute Fiction complicates notions of “queer.”

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Created by Anais West, co-writer of Jessie Award-nominated musical Poly Queer Love Ballad, the show questions whether queerness can connect us across cultural rifts, or if it is just another site of Western Imperialism.

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Tremors Creative Team:  

Anais West (Writer, Lyricist & Producer) 

Fay Nass (Director)

Christian Yves Jones (Videographer) 

khattieQ (Music Director)

Veronique West (Dramaturg)

Julia Siedlanowska (Cultural Consultant) 

Claire Love Wilson (Performer) 

Sara Vickruck (Performer/Music Adaptation & Transcription) 

Eric Biskupski (Audio Engineer) 

Kimberly Ho (Stylist & Photographer)

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Other Collaborators

Piotr Wieczorek (Recordist & Audio Engineer)

Łukasz Wojtysko (Polish Translator)

Chris João (Cultural Consultant & Online Contributor)

Vala Tanz (Online Contributor)

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