A BODY TO LIVE IN offers an uncompromising look at the rise of BDSM performance art, body modification and the ‘modern primitives’ cultural movement through the agonies and ecstasies of transgressive artist Fakir Musafar and the communities that surrounded him. Blending rare archival footage with the voices of queer and artistic trailblazers, the film shows how pain, ritual, and transformation became tools of identity, survival, and self-expression. Weaving from early experiments and secret gatherings to the emergence of a global subculture shaped by the AIDS crisis and spiritual reinvention, Director Angelo Madsen (NORTH BY CURRENT) reveals not just the story of one artist, but a collective history of bodies in revolt - asking what it truly means to live freely in one’s own skin.
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Director
Angelo Madsen
Writer
Angelo Madsen
Producer
Lyle Ravi Kash
Director of Photography
Talena Sandrs
Producer
Angelo Madsen
Status
Released
Countries
United States of America
Companies
Cinereach
Hard Flow
Catapult Film Fund
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A Body to Live In - Trailer (Fakir Musafar Documentary)