The Ballad Of Genesis and Lady Jaye

Director Marie Losier and producer Steve Holmgren will be present.
Seven years in the making, Ballad is a mesmerizing and deeply romantic love story between pioneering musician and performance artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and soul mate Lady Jaye. Breaking new ground in its depiction of gender transformation and identity, the film chronicles the physical and spiritual merging of two beings into one. Eschewing the classic talking heads documentary format, Losier’s film employs Genesis as the narrator of her own life story, Losier animates this soothing narration with experimental techniques, including the breathless pace of her 16mm moving camera flares, archival material, and reenactments that enliven this heartfelt tale of love and loss. Losier’s film also captures unique behind-the-scenes preparations and live performances of their bands that pioneered industrial music, Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, closing in perfect form with the evocative and poignant love ballad “The Orchids.”
Winner of the Teddy Award at the 2011 Berlin Film Festival, The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye, is an intimate, affecting portrait of the life and work of groundbreaking performance artist and his other half and collaborator, Lady Jaye, centered on the daring sexual transformations the pair underwent for their “Pandrogyne” project. Produced by Minnesota native Steve Holmgren, in person for a Q&A with filmmaker Marie Losier. – Synopsis provided by Tribeca Film Festival and filmmakers.